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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/os.rst | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/popen2.rst | 4 |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index a85a04c..8b716b2 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -362,7 +362,9 @@ These functions create new file objects. (See also :func:`open`.) is returned. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows. .. deprecated:: 2.6 - This function is obsolete. Use the :mod:`subprocess` module. + This function is obsolete. Use the :mod:`subprocess` module. Check + specially the *Replacing Older Functions with the subprocess Module* + section in that documentation page. .. versionchanged:: 2.0 This function worked unreliably under Windows in earlier versions of Python. @@ -412,7 +414,8 @@ functions, see :ref:`popen2-flow-control`. .. deprecated:: 2.6 All of the :func:`popen\*` functions are obsolete. Use the :mod:`subprocess` - module. + module. Check specially the *Replacing Older Functions with the + subprocess Module* section in that documentation page. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows. @@ -426,7 +429,8 @@ functions, see :ref:`popen2-flow-control`. .. deprecated:: 2.6 All of the :func:`popen\*` functions are obsolete. Use the :mod:`subprocess` - module. + module. Check specially the *Replacing Older Functions with the + subprocess Module* section in that documentation page. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows. @@ -440,7 +444,8 @@ functions, see :ref:`popen2-flow-control`. .. deprecated:: 2.6 All of the :func:`popen\*` functions are obsolete. Use the :mod:`subprocess` - module. + module. Check specially the *Replacing Older Functions with the + subprocess Module* section in that documentation page. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows. @@ -1707,7 +1712,8 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program. (Note that the :mod:`subprocess` module provides more powerful facilities for spawning new processes and retrieving their results; using that module is - preferable to using these functions.) + preferable to using these functions. Check specially the *Replacing Older + Functions with the subprocess Module* section in that documentation page.) If *mode* is :const:`P_NOWAIT`, this function returns the process id of the new process; if *mode* is :const:`P_WAIT`, returns the process's exit code if it @@ -1842,7 +1848,8 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program. The :mod:`subprocess` module provides more powerful facilities for spawning new processes and retrieving their results; using that module is preferable to using - this function. + this function. Check specially the *Replacing Older Functions with the + subprocess Module* section in that documentation page. .. function:: times() diff --git a/Doc/library/popen2.rst b/Doc/library/popen2.rst index 2635175..84bde2b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/popen2.rst +++ b/Doc/library/popen2.rst @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ .. deprecated:: 2.6 - This module is obsolete. Use the :mod:`subprocess` module. + This module is obsolete. Use the :mod:`subprocess` module. Check + specially the *Replacing Older Functions with the subprocess Module* + section in that documentation page. This module allows you to spawn processes and connect to their input/output/error pipes and obtain their return codes under Unix and Windows. |