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Diffstat (limited to 'Modules/_posixsubprocess.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | Modules/_posixsubprocess.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c b/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c index 25af00f70d..66db93e450 100644 --- a/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c +++ b/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c @@ -900,19 +900,22 @@ cleanup: PyDoc_STRVAR(subprocess_fork_exec_doc, -"fork_exec(args, executable_list, close_fds, cwd, env,\n\ +"fork_exec(args, executable_list, close_fds, pass_fds, cwd, env,\n\ p2cread, p2cwrite, c2pread, c2pwrite,\n\ errread, errwrite, errpipe_read, errpipe_write,\n\ restore_signals, call_setsid,\n\ - call_setgid, gid, groups_size, gids,\n\ - call_setuid, uid,\n\ + gid, groups_list, uid,\n\ preexec_fn)\n\ \n\ Forks a child process, closes parent file descriptors as appropriate in the\n\ child and dups the few that are needed before calling exec() in the child\n\ process.\n\ \n\ -The preexec_fn, if supplied, will be called immediately before exec.\n\ +If close_fds is true, close file descriptors 3 and higher, except those listed\n\ +in the sorted tuple pass_fds.\n\ +\n\ +The preexec_fn, if supplied, will be called immediately before closing file\n\ +descriptors and exec.\n\ WARNING: preexec_fn is NOT SAFE if your application uses threads.\n\ It may trigger infrequent, difficult to debug deadlocks.\n\ \n\ |