delta/cpython.git/Doc/lib/libpopen2.tex, branch v2.5b2

Document that on Unix, the 'cmd' argument to the os.popen2/3/4 and

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popen2.popen2/3/4 functions can be a sequence. All texts are a variation on the
following:

On \UNIX, \var{cmd} may be a sequence, in which case arguments will be passed
directly to the program without shell intervention (as with
\function{os.spawnv()}). If \var{cmd} is a string it will be passed to the shell
(as with \function{os.system()}).

- make a module reference a hyperlink

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- wrap a long line

[Bug #998066] Mention result mismatch

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[Bug #850818] Accept Gregory H. Ball's suggested rewrite of a confusing description

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Typo fixes

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Typo: "dead lock" --> "deadlock"

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Typo: bites --> bytes

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(Hanging around small kids too much...;)

Add description of the deadlock problem with child processes and pipes, and

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hints about how to work around it.
Closes SF bug #530637.

Document clearly that the only way to retrieve the return code from the

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child processes is to use the Popen3 and Popen4 classes.
This fixes SF bug #460512.

Explain the exit code for the wait() method, including a reference to

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the os.W*() functions used to interpret the return value.

This fixes SF bug #429361.