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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libpopen2.tex b/Doc/lib/libpopen2.tex index 70a68c2..985f580 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libpopen2.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libpopen2.tex @@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ this is needed to determine whether the file objects should be opened in binary or text mode. The default value for \var{mode} is \code{'t'}. +On \UNIX, \var{cmd} may be a sequence, in which case arguments will be passed +directly to the program without shell intervention (as with +\function{os.spawnv()}). If \var{cmd} is a string it will be passed to the +shell (as with \function{os.system()}). + The only way to retrieve the return codes for the child processes is by using the \method{poll()} or \method{wait()} methods on the \class{Popen3} and \class{Popen4} classes; these are only available on @@ -75,7 +80,6 @@ using \function{popen4()}. \versionadded{2.0} \end{classdesc} - \subsection{Popen3 and Popen4 Objects \label{popen3-objects}} Instances of the \class{Popen3} and \class{Popen4} classes have the |