#7642: update to os.system() docs.

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Georg Brandl 2010-10-14 06:35:53 +00:00
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@ -1925,26 +1925,25 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
Execute the command (a string) in a subshell. This is implemented by calling
the Standard C function :c:func:`system`, and has the same limitations.
Changes to :data:`sys.stdin`, etc. are not reflected in the environment of the
executed command.
Changes to :data:`sys.stdin`, etc. are not reflected in the environment of
the executed command. If *command* generates any output, it will be sent to
the interpreter standard output stream.
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
of the return value of the C :c:func:`system` function, so the return value of
the Python function is system-dependent.
format specified for :func:`wait`. Note that POSIX does not specify the
meaning of the return value of the C :c:func:`system` function, so the return
value of the Python function is system-dependent.
On Windows, the return value is that returned by the system shell after running
*command*, given by the Windows environment variable :envvar:`COMSPEC`: on
:program:`command.com` systems (Windows 95, 98 and ME) this is always ``0``; on
:program:`cmd.exe` systems (Windows NT, 2000 and XP) this is the exit status of
the command run; on systems using a non-native shell, consult your shell
documentation.
On Windows, the return value is that returned by the system shell after
running *command*. The shell is given by the Windows environment variable
:envvar:`COMSPEC`: it is usually :program:`cmd.exe`, which returns the exit
status of the command run; on systems using a non-native shell, consult your
shell documentation.
The :mod:`subprocess` module provides more powerful facilities for spawning new
processes and retrieving their results; using that module is preferable to using
this function. See the
:ref:`subprocess-replacements` section in the :mod:`subprocess` documentation
for some helpful recipes.
The :mod:`subprocess` module provides more powerful facilities for spawning
new processes and retrieving their results; using that module is preferable
to using this function. See the :ref:`subprocess-replacements` section in
the :mod:`subprocess` documentation for some helpful recipes.
Availability: Unix, Windows.