[Python-checkins] r65702 - python/trunk/Doc/library/os.rst

[gregory.p.smith]

Author: gregory.p.smith
Date: Sat Aug 16 01:14:00 2008
New Revision: 65702

Log:
document that waitpid raises OSError


Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/library/os.rst

Modified: python/trunk/Doc/library/os.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/library/os.rst	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/library/os.rst	Sat Aug 16 01:14:00 2008
@@ -1883,6 +1883,9 @@
    ``-1``, status is requested for any process in the process group ``-pid`` (the
    absolute value of *pid*).
 
+   An :exc:`OSError` is raised with the value of errno when the syscall
+   returns -1.
+
    On Windows: Wait for completion of a process given by process handle *pid*, and
    return a tuple containing *pid*, and its exit status shifted left by 8 bits
    (shifting makes cross-platform use of the function easier). A *pid* less than or