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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libsubprocess.tex | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsubprocess.tex b/Doc/lib/libsubprocess.tex index 408ffa2..24b75a3 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsubprocess.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsubprocess.tex @@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ called in the child process just before the child is executed. If \var{close_fds} is true, all file descriptors except \constant{0}, \constant{1} and \constant{2} will be closed before the child process is -executed. (\UNIX{} only) +executed. (\UNIX{} only). Or, on Windows, if \var{close_fds} is true +then no handles will be inherited by the child process. Note that on +Windows, you cannot set \var{close_fds} to true and also redirect the +standard handles by setting \var{stdin}, \var{stdout} or \var{stderr}. If \var{shell} is \constant{True}, the specified command will be executed through the shell. |