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diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst index 208edd5..96a0033 100644 --- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst +++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst @@ -1058,10 +1058,12 @@ handling consistency are valid for these functions. Return ``(status, output)`` of executing *cmd* in a shell. - Execute the string *cmd* in a shell with :func:`os.popen` and return a 2-tuple - ``(status, output)``. *cmd* is actually run as ``{ cmd ; } 2>&1``, so that the - returned output will contain output or error messages. A trailing newline is - stripped from the output. The exit status for the command can be interpreted + Execute the string *cmd* in a shell with :class:`Popen` and return a 2-tuple + ``(status, output)`` via :func:`Popen.communicate`. Universal newlines mode + is used; see the notes on :ref:`frequently-used-arguments` for more details. + + A trailing newline is stripped from the output. + The exit status for the command can be interpreted according to the rules for the C function :c:func:`wait`. Example:: >>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('ls /bin/ls') @@ -1071,7 +1073,8 @@ handling consistency are valid for these functions. >>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('/bin/junk') (256, 'sh: /bin/junk: not found') - Availability: UNIX. + .. versionchanged:: 3.3 + Availability: Unix & Windows .. function:: getoutput(cmd) @@ -1084,7 +1087,8 @@ handling consistency are valid for these functions. >>> subprocess.getoutput('ls /bin/ls') '/bin/ls' - Availability: UNIX. + .. versionchanged:: 3.3 + Availability: Unix & Windows Notes |