Issue 2634: os.execvpe() docs need to be more specific (original) (raw)

Issue2634

Created on 2008-04-15 04:31 by roysmith, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (2)
msg65496 - (view)	Author: Roy Smith (roysmith)	Date: 2008-04-15 04:31
Note: this is (sort of) related to Issue2633. http://docs.python.org/lib/os-process.html (14.1.5 Process Management). The docs for os.execvpe() say, "the env parameter must be a mapping which is used to define the environment variables for the new process". It's not clear if this mapping replaces the existing environment, or defines additional entries which are added to the existing environment. This should be clarified. This applies to the spawn*() methods too.
msg65632 - (view)	Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) *	Date: 2008-04-19 16:58
Fixed in r62390.