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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index 1c69e25..ef5beaa 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ to be ignored. These functions all execute a new program, replacing the current process; they do not return. On Unix, the new executable is loaded into the current process, and will have the same process id as the caller. Errors will be reported as - :exc:`OSError` exceptions. + :exc:`OSError` exceptions. The current process is replaced immediately. Open file objects and descriptors are not flushed, so if there may be data buffered @@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ to be ignored. used to define the environment variables for the new process (these are used instead of the current process' environment); the functions :func:`execl`, :func:`execlp`, :func:`execv`, and :func:`execvp` all cause the new process to - inherit the environment of the current process. + inherit the environment of the current process. Availability: Unix, Windows. @@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ 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. Check specially the *Replacing Older + 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 |