[Python-checkins] r65476 - python/trunk/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
georg.brandl
python-checkins at python.org
Mon Aug 4 08:29:36 CEST 2008
Author: georg.brandl
Date: Mon Aug 4 08:29:36 2008
New Revision: 65476
Log:
Fix markup.
Modified:
python/trunk/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
Modified: python/trunk/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/library/subprocess.rst (original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/library/subprocess.rst Mon Aug 4 08:29:36 2008
@@ -193,9 +193,11 @@
Wait for child process to terminate. Set and return :attr:`returncode`
attribute.
- warning:: This will deadlock if the child process generates enough output
- to a stdout or stderr pipe causing it to block waiting for the OS's pipe
- buffer to accept more data.
+ .. warning::
+
+ This will deadlock if the child process generates enough output to a
+ stdout or stderr pipe causing it to block waiting for the OS's pipe buffer
+ to accept more data.
.. method:: Popen.communicate(input=None)
@@ -249,35 +251,30 @@
The following attributes are also available:
+.. warning::
+
+ Use :meth:`communicate` rather than ``.stdin.write()``, ``.stdout.read()`` or
+ ``.stderr.read`` to avoid deadlocks due to any of the other pipe buffers
+ filling up and blocking the child process.
+
+
.. attribute:: Popen.stdin
If the *stdin* argument is ``PIPE``, this attribute is a file object that
provides input to the child process. Otherwise, it is ``None``.
- warning:: Use :meth:`communicate` rather than .stdin.write() to avoid
- deadlocks due to any of the other pipe buffers filling up and blocking the
- child process.
-
.. attribute:: Popen.stdout
If the *stdout* argument is ``PIPE``, this attribute is a file object that
provides output from the child process. Otherwise, it is ``None``.
- warning:: Use :meth:`communicate` rather than .stdout.read() to avoid
- deadlocks due to any of the other pipe buffers filling up and blocking the
- child process.
-
.. attribute:: Popen.stderr
If the *stderr* argument is ``PIPE``, this attribute is file object that
provides error output from the child process. Otherwise, it is ``None``.
- warning:: Use :meth:`communicate` rather than .stderr.read() to avoid
- deadlocks due to any of the other pipe buffers filling up and blocking the
- child process.
-
.. attribute:: Popen.pid
More information about the Python-checkins
mailing list