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Issue #10197: Indicate availability of subprocess.get[status]output on Windows and add a note about the effects of universal newlines

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Tim Golden 2013-11-03 18:25:51 +00:00
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@ -1058,10 +1058,12 @@ handling consistency are valid for these functions.
Return ``(status, output)`` of executing *cmd* in a shell.
Execute the string *cmd* in a shell with :func:`os.popen` and return a 2-tuple
``(status, output)``. *cmd* is actually run as ``{ cmd ; } 2>&1``, so that the
returned output will contain output or error messages. A trailing newline is
stripped from the output. The exit status for the command can be interpreted
Execute the string *cmd* in a shell with :class:`Popen` and return a 2-tuple
``(status, output)`` via :func:`Popen.communicate`. Universal newlines mode
is used; see the notes on :ref:`frequently-used-arguments` for more details.
A trailing newline is stripped from the output.
The exit status for the command can be interpreted
according to the rules for the C function :c:func:`wait`. Example::
>>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('ls /bin/ls')
@ -1071,7 +1073,8 @@ handling consistency are valid for these functions.
>>> subprocess.getstatusoutput('/bin/junk')
(256, 'sh: /bin/junk: not found')
Availability: UNIX.
.. versionchanged:: 3.3
Availability: Unix & Windows
.. function:: getoutput(cmd)
@ -1084,7 +1087,8 @@ handling consistency are valid for these functions.
>>> subprocess.getoutput('ls /bin/ls')
'/bin/ls'
Availability: UNIX.
.. versionchanged:: 3.3
Availability: Unix & Windows
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