[issue2634] os.execvpe() docs need to be more specific

[Roy Smith]

New submission from Roy Smith <roy at panix.com>:

Note: this is (sort of) related to Issue2633.

http://docs.python.org/lib/os-process.html (14.1.5 Process Management).

The docs for os.execvpe() say, "the env parameter must be a mapping which 
is used to define the environment variables for the new process".  It's 
not clear if this mapping replaces the existing environment, or defines 
additional entries which are added to the existing environment.  This 
should be clarified.

This applies to the spawn*() methods too.

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assignee: georg.brandl
components: Documentation
messages: 65496
nosy: georg.brandl, roysmith
severity: normal
status: open
title: os.execvpe() docs need to be more specific
versions: Python 2.5

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