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| author | Gregory P. Smith <greg@mad-scientist.com> | 2008-08-15 23:14:00 (GMT) |
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| committer | Gregory P. Smith <greg@mad-scientist.com> | 2008-08-15 23:14:00 (GMT) |
| commit | 59de7f5733555d808a4788fbde9a8850b470204a (patch) | |
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document that waitpid raises OSError
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index df32a43..dab2934 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -1883,6 +1883,9 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program. ``-1``, status is requested for any process in the process group ``-pid`` (the absolute value of *pid*). + An :exc:`OSError` is raised with the value of errno when the syscall + returns -1. + On Windows: Wait for completion of a process given by process handle *pid*, and return a tuple containing *pid*, and its exit status shifted left by 8 bits (shifting makes cross-platform use of the function easier). A *pid* less than or |