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

child processes is to use the Popen3 and Popen4 classes.
This fixes SF bug #460512.
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Fred Drake 2001-09-11 19:56:51 +00:00
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@ -315,6 +315,12 @@ specified, it specifies the buffer size for the I/O pipes.
objects should be opened in binary or text mode. The default value
for \var{mode} is \code{'t'}.
These methods do not make it possible to retrieve the return code from
the child processes. The only way to control the input and output
streams and also retrieve the return codes is to use the
\class{Popen3} and \class{Popen4} classes from the \refmodule{popen2}
module; these are only available on \UNIX.
\begin{funcdesc}{popen2}{cmd\optional{, mode\optional{, bufsize}}}
Executes \var{cmd} as a sub-process. Returns the file objects
\code{(\var{child_stdin}, \var{child_stdout})}.

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@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ this is needed to determine whether the file objects should be opened
in binary or text mode. The default value for \var{mode} is
\code{'t'}.
The only way to retrieve the return codes for the child processes is
by using the \method{poll()} or \method{wait()} methods on the
\class{Popen3} and \class{Popen4} classes; these are only available on
\UNIX. This information is not available when using the
\function{popen2()}, \function{popen3()}, and \function{popen4()}
functions, or the equivalent functions in the \refmodule{os} module.
\begin{funcdesc}{popen2}{cmd\optional{, bufsize\optional{, mode}}}
Executes \var{cmd} as a sub-process. Returns the file objects
\code{(\var{child_stdout}, \var{child_stdin})}.