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| -rw-r--r-- | src/corelib/io/qprocess.cpp | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qprocess.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qprocess.cpp index 6ce38b2..a6a61dd 100644 --- a/src/corelib/io/qprocess.cpp +++ b/src/corelib/io/qprocess.cpp @@ -2204,11 +2204,13 @@ QStringList QProcess::systemEnvironment() /*! \since 4.6 - Returns the environment of the calling process as a QProcessEnvironment. + \brief The systemEnvironment function returns the environment of + the calling process. - This function does not cache the system environment. Therefore, it's - possible to obtain an updated version of the environment if low-level C - library functions like \tt setenv ot \tt putenv have been called. + It is returned as a QProcessEnvironment. This function does not + cache the system environment. Therefore, it's possible to obtain + an updated version of the environment if low-level C library + functions like \tt setenv ot \tt putenv have been called. However, note that repeated calls to this function will recreate the QProcessEnvironment object, which is a non-trivial operation. |