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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libpopen2.tex b/Doc/lib/libpopen2.tex index 985f580..fa0c1a6 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libpopen2.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libpopen2.tex @@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ This module allows you to spawn processes and connect to their input/output/error pipes and obtain their return codes under \UNIX{} and Windows. -Note that starting with Python 2.0, this functionality is available -using functions from the \refmodule{os} module which have the same -names as the factory functions here, but the order of the return -values is more intuitive in the \refmodule{os} module variants. +The \module{subprocess} module provides more powerful facilities for +spawning new processes and retrieving their results. Using the +\module{subprocess} module is preferable to using the \module{popen2} +module. The primary interface offered by this module is a trio of factory functions. For each of these, if \var{bufsize} is specified, @@ -184,3 +184,7 @@ integrate I/O over pipes with their \function{select()} loops, or use separate threads to read each of the individual files provided by whichever \function{popen*()} function or \class{Popen*} class was used. + +\begin{seealso} + \seemodule{subprocess}{Module for spawning and managing subprocesses.} +\end{seealso} |