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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index fc62b0b..c686baf 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -51,15 +51,6 @@ the :mod:`os` module, but using them is of course a threat to portability! ``'ce'``, ``'java'``. -.. data:: path - - The corresponding operating system dependent standard module for pathname - operations, such as :mod:`posixpath` or :mod:`ntpath`. Thus, given the proper - imports, ``os.path.split(file)`` is equivalent to but more portable than - ``posixpath.split(file)``. Note that this is also an importable module: it may - be imported directly as :mod:`os.path`. - - .. _os-procinfo: Process Parameters @@ -1491,7 +1482,9 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program. which is used to define the environment variables for the new process (they are used instead of the current process' environment); the functions :func:`spawnl`, :func:`spawnlp`, :func:`spawnv`, and :func:`spawnvp` all cause - the new process to inherit the environment of the current process. + the new process to inherit the environment of the current process. Note that + keys and values in the *env* dictionary must be strings; invalid keys or + values will cause the function to fail, with a return value of ``127``. As an example, the following calls to :func:`spawnlp` and :func:`spawnvpe` are equivalent:: |