[Python-checkins] cpython: #6490: Expand documentation for os.popen().
andrew.kuchling
python-checkins at python.org
Wed Apr 16 15:11:08 CEST 2014
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/3417a95df7e2
changeset: 90357:3417a95df7e2
user: Andrew Kuchling <amk at amk.ca>
date: Wed Apr 16 09:10:53 2014 -0400
summary:
#6490: Expand documentation for os.popen().
Patch by Sam Kimbrel.
files:
Doc/library/os.rst | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -2730,10 +2730,27 @@
Availability: Unix.
-.. function:: popen(...)
-
- Run child processes, returning opened pipes for communications. These functions
- are described in section :ref:`os-newstreams`.
+.. function:: popen(command, mode='r', buffering=-1)
+
+ Open a pipe to or from *command*. The return value is an open file object
+ connected to the pipe, which can be read or written depending on whether *mode*
+ is ``'r'`` (default) or ``'w'``. The *buffering* argument has the same meaning as
+ the corresponding argument to the built-in :func:`open` function. The
+ returned file object reads or writes text strings rather than bytes.
+
+ The ``close`` method returns :const:`None` if the subprocess exited
+ successfully, or the subprocess's return code if there was an
+ error. On POSIX systems, if the return code is positive it
+ represents the return value of the process left-shifted by one
+ byte. If the return code is negative, the process was terminated
+ by the signal given by the negated value of the return code. (For
+ example, the return value might be ``- signal.SIGKILL`` if the
+ subprocess was killed.) On Windows systems, the return value
+ contains the signed integer return code from the child process.
+
+ This is implemented using :class:`subprocess.Popen`; see that class's
+ documentation for more powerful ways to manage and communicate with
+ subprocesses.
.. function:: spawnl(mode, path, ...)
--
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