bpo-14879: [doc] clarify how to check for errors from subprocess.Pope… · python/cpython@50ffbe3 (original) (raw)

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@@ -689,7 +689,10 @@ execute, will be re-raised in the parent.
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690	690	The most common exception raised is :exc:`OSError`. This occurs, for example,
691	691	when trying to execute a non-existent file. Applications should prepare for
692		-:exc:`OSError` exceptions.
	692	+:exc:`OSError` exceptions. Note that, when ``"shell=True"``, :exc:`OSError`
	693	+will be raised by the child only if the selected shell itself was not found.
	694	+To determine if the shell failed to find the requested application, it is
	695	+necessary to check the return code or output from the subprocess.
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694	697	A :exc:`ValueError` will be raised if :class:`Popen` is called with invalid
695	698	arguments.