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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex index d150776..6181be2 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex @@ -695,7 +695,9 @@ same limitations. Changes to \code{posix.environ}, \code{sys.stdin}, etc.\ are not reflected in the environment of the executed command. The return value is the exit status of the process encoded in the format specified for \function{wait()}, except on Windows 95 and 98, -where it is always \code{0}. +where it is always \code{0}. Note that \POSIX{} does not specify the +meaning of the return value of the C \cfunction{system()} function, +so the return value of the Python function is system-dependent. Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. \end{funcdesc} |