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diff Doc/lib/libsubprocess.tex @ 38143:eea176e67f22 2.4
Bug #1485447: subprocess: document that the "cwd" parameter isn't used to find the executable. Misc. other markup fixes.
(backport from rev. 45950)
| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> |
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| date | Wed, 10 May 2006 16:09:05 +0000 |
| parents | cb0dbae72a8e |
| children | 195559c5bacd |
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--- a/Doc/lib/libsubprocess.tex Wed May 10 04:33:22 2006 +0000 +++ b/Doc/lib/libsubprocess.tex Wed May 10 16:09:05 2006 +0000 @@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ The \var{executable} argument specifies the program to execute. It is very seldom needed: Usually, the program to execute is defined by the -\var{args} argument. If \var{shell=True}, the \var{executable} +\var{args} argument. If \code{shell=True}, the \var{executable} argument specifies which shell to use. On \UNIX{}, the default shell -is /bin/sh. On Windows, the default shell is specified by the COMSPEC -environment variable. +is \file{/bin/sh}. On Windows, the default shell is specified by the +\envvar{COMSPEC} environment variable. \var{stdin}, \var{stdout} and \var{stderr} specify the executed programs' standard input, standard output and standard error file @@ -88,16 +88,19 @@ If \var{preexec_fn} is set to a callable object, this object will be called in the child process just before the child is executed. +(\UNIX{} only) If \var{close_fds} is true, all file descriptors except \constant{0}, \constant{1} and \constant{2} will be closed before the child process is -executed. +executed. (\UNIX{} only) If \var{shell} is \constant{True}, the specified command will be executed through the shell. -If \var{cwd} is not \code{None}, the current directory will be changed -to cwd before the child is executed. +If \var{cwd} is not \code{None}, the child's current directory will be +changed to \var{cwd} before it is executed. Note that this directory +is not considered when searching the executable, so you can't specify +the program's path relative to \var{cwd}. If \var{env} is not \code{None}, it defines the environment variables for the new process.