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| author | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2014-01-18 05:46:49 (GMT) |
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| committer | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2014-01-18 05:46:49 (GMT) |
| commit | d8af6700b92d922dd115647fd5c8022a730848d3 (patch) | |
| tree | 74eebc019db6d4592b42bc02a5f59809f7c550d2 /Doc/library/subprocess.rst | |
| parent | bebf73511a1250fc768bcb7192b5b3c3fd04d8f2 (diff) | |
| parent | 3d8814e1d30e174ddcb3591a1ff35206e962b064 (diff) | |
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merge 3.3 (#17814)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst index 7fbe398..6e696d9 100644 --- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst +++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst @@ -715,21 +715,29 @@ The following attributes are also available: .. attribute:: Popen.stdin - If the *stdin* argument was :data:`PIPE`, this attribute is a :term:`file - object` that provides input to the child process. Otherwise, it is ``None``. + If the *stdin* argument was :data:`PIPE`, this attribute is a writeable + stream object as returned by :func:`open`. If the *universal_newlines* + argument was ``True``, the stream is a text stream, otherwise it is a byte + stream. If the *stdin* argument was not :data:`PIPE`, this attribute is + ``None``. .. attribute:: Popen.stdout - If the *stdout* argument was :data:`PIPE`, this attribute is a :term:`file - object` that provides output from the child process. Otherwise, it is ``None``. - + If the *stdout* argument was :data:`PIPE`, this attribute is a readable + stream object as returned by :func:`open`. Reading from the stream provides + output from the child process. If the *universal_newlines* argument was + ``True``, the stream is a text stream, otherwise it is a byte stream. If the + *stdout* argument was not :data:`PIPE`, this attribute is ``None``. + .. attribute:: Popen.stderr - If the *stderr* argument was :data:`PIPE`, this attribute is a :term:`file - object` that provides error output from the child process. Otherwise, it is - ``None``. + If the *stderr* argument was :data:`PIPE`, this attribute is a readable + stream object as returned by :func:`open`. Reading from the stream provides + error output from the child process. If the *universal_newlines* argument was + ``True``, the stream is a text stream, otherwise it is a byte stream. If the + *stderr* argument was not :data:`PIPE`, this attribute is ``None``. .. attribute:: Popen.pid |