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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1999-06-01 17:55:52 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1999-06-01 17:55:52 (GMT)
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Fix availability clause; mention availability of similar functionality
for Windows using win32pipe.
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@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@
Subprocesses with accessible I/O streams}
\declaremodule{standard}{popen2}
- \platform{Unix, Windows}
+ \platform{Unix}
\modulesynopsis{Subprocesses with accessible standard I/O streams.}
\sectionauthor{Drew Csillag}{drew_csillag@geocities.com}
This module allows you to spawn processes and connect their
-input/output/error pipes and obtain their return codes.
+input/output/error pipes and obtain their return codes under \UNIX.
+Similar functionality exists for Windows platforms using the
+\module{win32pipe} module provided as part of Mark Hammond's Windows
+extensions.
The primary interface offered by this module is a pair of factory
functions: