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diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst index df22c33..e08dc8e 100644 --- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst +++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Using the subprocess Module This module defines one class called :class:`Popen`: -.. class:: Popen(args, bufsize=0, executable=None, stdin=None, stdout=None, stderr=None, preexec_fn=None, close_fds=_PLATFORM_DEFAULT, shell=False, cwd=None, env=None, universal_newlines=False, startupinfo=None, creationflags=0, restore_signals=True, start_new_session=False) +.. class:: Popen(args, bufsize=0, executable=None, stdin=None, stdout=None, stderr=None, preexec_fn=None, close_fds=True, shell=False, cwd=None, env=None, universal_newlines=False, startupinfo=None, creationflags=0, restore_signals=True, start_new_session=False, pass_fds=()) Arguments are: @@ -153,14 +153,22 @@ This module defines one class called :class:`Popen`: If *close_fds* is true, all file descriptors except :const:`0`, :const:`1` and :const:`2` will be closed before the child process is executed. (Unix only). - The default varies by platform: :const:`False` on Windows and :const:`True` - on POSIX and other platforms. + The default varies by platform: Always true on Unix. On Windows it is + true when *stdin*/*stdout*/*stderr* are :const:`None`, false otherwise. On Windows, if *close_fds* is true then no handles will be inherited by the child process. Note that on Windows, you cannot set *close_fds* to true and also redirect the standard handles by setting *stdin*, *stdout* or *stderr*. -.. versionchanged:: 3.2 - The default was changed to True on non Windows platforms. + .. versionchanged:: 3.2 + The default for *close_fds* was changed from :const:`False` to + what is described above. + + *pass_fds* is an optional sequence of file descriptors to keep open + between the parent and child. Providing any *pass_fds* forces + *close_fds* to be :const:`True`. (Unix only) + + .. 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 |