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#7126: os.environ changes *do* take effect in subprocesses started with os.system().

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Georg Brandl 2009-10-14 15:57:46 +00:00
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@ -1836,9 +1836,9 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
.. function:: system(command)
Execute the command (a string) in a subshell. This is implemented by calling
the Standard C function :cfunc:`system`, and has the same limitations. Changes
to :data:`os.environ`, :data:`sys.stdin`, etc. are not reflected in the
environment of the executed command.
the Standard C function :cfunc:`system`, and has the same limitations.
Changes :data:`sys.stdin`, etc. are not reflected in the environment of the
executed command.
On Unix, the return value is the exit status of the process encoded in the
format specified for :func:`wait`. Note that POSIX does not specify the meaning