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diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst index 9c03e06..e4c1ad4 100644 --- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst +++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst @@ -415,10 +415,10 @@ functions. .. versionadded:: 3.2 The *pass_fds* parameter was added. - If *cwd* is not ``None``, the child's current directory will be changed to *cwd* - before it is executed. Note that this directory is not considered when - searching the executable, so you can't specify the program's path relative to - *cwd*. + If *cwd* is not ``None``, the function changes the working directory to + *cwd* before executing the child. In particular, the function looks for + *executable* (or for the first item in *args*) relative to *cwd* if the + executable path is a relative path. If *restore_signals* is True (the default) all signals that Python has set to SIG_IGN are restored to SIG_DFL in the child process before the exec. |