bpo-40932: Note security caveat of shlex.quote on Windows (GH-21502)

Added a note in the `subprocess` docs that recommend using `shlex.quote` without mentioning that this is only applicable to Unix. 

Also added a warning straight into the `shlex` docs since it only says "for simple syntaxes resembling that of the Unix shell" and says using `quote` plugs the security hole without mentioning this important caveat.
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@ -61,6 +61,20 @@ The :mod:`shlex` module defines the following functions:
string that can safely be used as one token in a shell command line, for
cases where you cannot use a list.
.. _shlex-quote-warning:
.. warning::
The ``shlex`` module is **only designed for Unix shells**.
The :func:`quote` function is not guaranteed to be correct on non-POSIX
compliant shells or shells from other operating systems such as Windows.
Executing commands quoted by this module on such shells can open up the
possibility of a command injection vulnerability.
Consider using functions that pass command arguments with lists such as
:func:`subprocess.run` with ``shell=False``.
This idiom would be unsafe:
>>> filename = 'somefile; rm -rf ~'

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@ -718,11 +718,8 @@ If the shell is invoked explicitly, via ``shell=True``, it is the application's
responsibility to ensure that all whitespace and metacharacters are
quoted appropriately to avoid
`shell injection <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_injection#Shell_injection>`_
vulnerabilities.
When using ``shell=True``, the :func:`shlex.quote` function can be
used to properly escape whitespace and shell metacharacters in strings
that are going to be used to construct shell commands.
vulnerabilities. On :ref:`some platforms <shlex-quote-warning>`, it is possible
to use :func:`shlex.quote` for this escaping.
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