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| author | Gregory P. Smith <greg@mad-scientist.com> | 2010-02-27 07:22:22 (GMT) |
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| committer | Gregory P. Smith <greg@mad-scientist.com> | 2010-02-27 07:22:22 (GMT) |
| commit | b6e8c7e8fb750e44b387557ad19afe2ccfe69f7c (patch) | |
| tree | 25e5b445c8d511dc4c18f3c40196f69674577cdf /Doc | |
| parent | 9a816974942a170a082bcef01a11aca806e854fe (diff) | |
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Add an os.get_exec_path() function to return the list of directories
that launching a subprocess will search for the executable.
Refactors some code in os._execvpe().
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index d01c8da..0547154 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -136,6 +136,17 @@ process and user. These functions are described in :ref:`os-file-dir`. +.. function:: get_exec_path(env=None) + + Returns the list of directories that will be searched for a named + executable, similar to a shell, when launching a process. + *env*, when specified, should be an environment variable dictionary + to lookup the PATH in. + By default, when *env* is None, :data:`environ` is used. + + .. versionadded:: 3.2 + + .. function:: ctermid() Return the filename corresponding to the controlling terminal of the process. |