[Python-checkins] r65259 - python/trunk/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
benjamin.peterson
python-checkins at python.org
Sun Jul 27 17:22:20 CEST 2008
Author: benjamin.peterson
Date: Sun Jul 27 17:22:14 2008
New Revision: 65259
Log:
clarify Popen argument
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 Sun Jul 27 17:22:14 2008
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@
Arguments are:
- *args* should be a string, or a sequence of program arguments. The program to
- execute is normally the first item in the args sequence or string, but can be
- explicitly set by using the executable argument.
+ *args* should be a string, or a sequence of program arguments. The program
+ to execute is normally the first item in the args sequence or the string if a
+ string is given, but can be explicitly set by using the *executable*
+ argument.
On Unix, with *shell=False* (default): In this case, the Popen class uses
:meth:`os.execvp` to execute the child program. *args* should normally be a
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