[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/lib libos.tex, 1.146.2.2, 1.146.2.3
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birkenfeld at users.sourceforge.net
Fri Jun 10 21:55:48 CEST 2005
Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv23007/Doc/lib
Modified Files:
Tag: release24-maint
libos.tex
Log Message:
Clarify docs about os.popen[234].
Index: libos.tex
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib/libos.tex,v
retrieving revision 1.146.2.2
retrieving revision 1.146.2.3
diff -u -d -r1.146.2.2 -r1.146.2.3
--- libos.tex 13 Feb 2005 22:56:40 -0000 1.146.2.2
+++ libos.tex 10 Jun 2005 19:55:46 -0000 1.146.2.3
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
\end{funcdesc}
-For each of these \function{popen()} variants, if \var{bufsize} is
+For each of the following \function{popen()} variants, if \var{bufsize} is
specified, it specifies the buffer size for the I/O pipes.
\var{mode}, if provided, should be the string \code{'b'} or
\code{'t'}; on Windows this is needed to determine whether the file
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
intervention (as with \function{os.spawnv()}). If \var{cmd} is a string it will
be passed to the shell (as with \function{os.system()}).
-These methods do not make it possible to retrieve the return code from
+These methods do not make it possible to retrieve the exit status from
the child processes. The only way to control the input and output
streams and also retrieve the return codes is to use the
\class{Popen3} and \class{Popen4} classes from the \refmodule{popen2}
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