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#2634: clarify meaning of env parameter to spawn/exec*e.

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Georg Brandl 2008-04-19 16:58:28 +00:00
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@ -1464,7 +1464,8 @@ to be ignored.
For :func:`execle`, :func:`execlpe`, :func:`execve`, and :func:`execvpe` (note
that these all end in "e"), the *env* parameter must be a mapping which is
used to define the environment variables for the new process; the :func:`execl`,
used to define the environment variables for the new process (these are used
instead of the current process' environment); the functions :func:`execl`,
:func:`execlp`, :func:`execv`, and :func:`execvp` all cause the new process to
inherit the environment of the current process. Availability: Macintosh, Unix,
Windows.
@ -1733,7 +1734,8 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
For :func:`spawnle`, :func:`spawnlpe`, :func:`spawnve`, and :func:`spawnvpe`
(note that these all end in "e"), the *env* parameter must be a mapping
which is used to define the environment variables for the new process; the
which is used to define the environment variables for the new process (they are
used instead of the current process' environment); the functions
:func:`spawnl`, :func:`spawnlp`, :func:`spawnv`, and :func:`spawnvp` all cause
the new process to inherit the environment of the current process.