[Python-Dev] subprocess shell=True on Windows doesn't escape ^ character (original) (raw)
Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Fri Jun 13 04:43:56 CEST 2014
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On 13 Jun 2014 12:12, "Nikolaus Rath" <Nikolaus at rath.org> wrote:
"R. David Murray" <rdmurray at bitdance.com> writes: > Also notice that using a list with shell=True is using the API > incorrectly. It wouldn't even work on Linux, so that torpedoes > the cross-platform concern already :) > > This kind of confusion is why I opened http://bugs.python.org/issue7839. Can someone describe an use case where shell=True actually makes sense at all?
When you're writing platform specific code, it's occasionally useful. It's generally best avoided, though.
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