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| author | R. David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2009-05-29 19:30:27 (GMT) |
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| committer | R. David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2009-05-29 19:30:27 (GMT) |
| commit | fe6e784a9dc1e1c3281f2a62d2d5f48134cc4fd5 (patch) | |
| tree | b27a1978f69aff1d048e2102b3e6050d641294e6 /Doc/library/subprocess.rst | |
| parent | 6b98544b32bdbf9d22fddf3973c56a815b53fc3c (diff) | |
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Issue 6141: document that the first item of args is still the
command name even when executable is specified.
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst index 946a504..73c622e 100644 --- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst +++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst @@ -39,9 +39,12 @@ This module defines one class called :class:`Popen`: Arguments are: *args* should be a string, or a sequence of program arguments. The program - to execute is normally the first item in the args sequence or the string if a - string is given, but can be explicitly set by using the *executable* - argument. + to execute is normally the first item in the args sequence or the string if + a string is given, but can be explicitly set by using the *executable* + argument. When *executable* is given, the first item in the args sequence + is still treated by most programs as the command name, which can then be + different from the actual executable name. On Unix, it becomes the display + name for the executing program in utilities such as :program:`ps`. On Unix, with *shell=False* (default): In this case, the Popen class uses :meth:`os.execvp` to execute the child program. *args* should normally be a |