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Added more documentation about the executable argument. 

Fixes #1056441.
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Peter Astrand 2004-11-07 16:38:08 +00:00
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@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ buffer of (approximately) that size. A negative \var{bufsize} means to
use the system default, which usually means fully buffered. The default
value for \var{bufsize} is \constant{0} (unbuffered).
The \var{executable} argument specifies the program to execute. It is
very seldom needed: Usually, the program to execute is defined by the
\var{args} argument. If \var{shell=True}, the \var{executable}
argument specifies which shell to use. On \UNIX{}, the default shell
is /bin/sh. On Windows, the default shell is specified by the COMSPEC
environment variable.
\var{stdin}, \var{stdout} and \var{stderr} specify the executed
programs' standard input, standard output and standard error file
handles, respectively. Valid values are \code{PIPE}, an existing file