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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2009-08-13 11:51:54 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2009-08-13 11:51:54 (GMT) |
| commit | bcc484e6d63b0551ce072101dd0421a8912c5be1 (patch) | |
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Merged revisions 74062 via svnmerge from
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r74062 | alexandre.vassalotti | 2009-07-17 13:43:26 +0200 (Fr, 17 Jul 2009) | 37 lines
Merged revisions 73665,73693,73704-73705,73707,73712-73713,73824 via svnmerge from
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r73665 | alexandre.vassalotti | 2009-06-28 21:01:51 -0400 (Sun, 28 Jun 2009) | 2 lines
Update docstrings for sys.getdlopenflags() and sys.setdlopenflags().
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r73693 | jesse.noller | 2009-06-29 14:20:34 -0400 (Mon, 29 Jun 2009) | 1 line
Bug 5906: add a documentation note for unix daemons vs. multiprocessing daemons
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r73704 | georg.brandl | 2009-06-30 12:15:43 -0400 (Tue, 30 Jun 2009) | 1 line
#6376: fix copy-n-paste oversight.
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r73705 | georg.brandl | 2009-06-30 12:17:28 -0400 (Tue, 30 Jun 2009) | 1 line
#6374: add a bit of explanation about shell=True on Windows.
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r73707 | georg.brandl | 2009-06-30 12:35:11 -0400 (Tue, 30 Jun 2009) | 1 line
#6371: fix link targets.
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r73712 | ezio.melotti | 2009-06-30 18:51:06 -0400 (Tue, 30 Jun 2009) | 1 line
Fixed defaultTestCase -> defaultTestResult
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r73713 | ezio.melotti | 2009-06-30 18:56:16 -0400 (Tue, 30 Jun 2009) | 1 line
Fixed a backslash that was not supposed to be there
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r73824 | ezio.melotti | 2009-07-03 21:18:08 -0400 (Fri, 03 Jul 2009) | 1 line
#6398 typo: versio. -> version.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst index d0e655d..bf4ead7 100644 --- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst +++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst @@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ This module defines one class called :class:`Popen`: needed: Usually, the program to execute is defined by the *args* argument. If ``shell=True``, the *executable* argument specifies which shell to use. On Unix, the default shell is :file:`/bin/sh`. On Windows, the default shell is - specified by the :envvar:`COMSPEC` environment variable. + specified by the :envvar:`COMSPEC` environment variable. The only reason you + would need to specify ``shell=True`` on Windows is where the command you + wish to execute is actually built in to the shell, eg ``dir``, ``copy``. + You don't need ``shell=True`` to run a batch file, nor to run a console-based + executable. *stdin*, *stdout* and *stderr* specify the executed programs' standard input, standard output and standard error file handles, respectively. Valid values |