On 13 Jun 2014 12:12, "Nikolaus Rath" <Nikolaus@rath.org> wrote:
>
> "R. David Murray" <rdmurray@bitdance.com> writes:
> > Also notice that using a list with shell=True is using the API
> > incorrectly.  It wouldn't even work on Linux, so that torpedoes
> > the cross-platform concern already :)
> >
> > This kind of confusion is why I opened http://bugs.python.org/issue7839.
>
> Can someone describe an use case where shell=True actually makes sense
> at all?

When you're writing platform specific code, it's occasionally useful. It's generally best avoided, though.

Cheers,
Nick.