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diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst index 02b8d59..5ae6eb0 100644 --- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst +++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst @@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ 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 string, but can be - explicitly set by using the executable argument. + *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. 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 |