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| author | Peter Astrand <astrand@lysator.liu.se> | 2007-05-26 22:18:20 (GMT) |
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| committer | Peter Astrand <astrand@lysator.liu.se> | 2007-05-26 22:18:20 (GMT) |
| commit | 81a191b3510bbed302cb0a766bc6966cb4effaca (patch) | |
| tree | e5c4438e52d5fe183db39d45ebddc34c56742f8b /Doc | |
| parent | 5f9b6c9a1bc1c6aa1b07db52c8b851bb7e798f7a (diff) | |
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Applied patch 1669481, slightly modified: Support close_fds on Win32
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsubprocess.tex b/Doc/lib/libsubprocess.tex index 408ffa2..24b75a3 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsubprocess.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsubprocess.tex @@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ called in the child process just before the child is executed. If \var{close_fds} is true, all file descriptors except \constant{0}, \constant{1} and \constant{2} will be closed before the child process is -executed. (\UNIX{} only) +executed. (\UNIX{} only). Or, on Windows, if \var{close_fds} is true +then no handles will be inherited by the child process. Note that on +Windows, you cannot set \var{close_fds} to true and also redirect the +standard handles by setting \var{stdin}, \var{stdout} or \var{stderr}. If \var{shell} is \constant{True}, the specified command will be executed through the shell. |