Georg Brandl <ge...@python.org> added the comment:
After forking, the parent waits for the child's exec call to determine if it
succeeds. Otherwise, you wouldn't get an exception in the parent when you do
Popen('/bin/ech')
or somesuch.
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nosy: +georg.brandl
resolution: -> invalid
status: open -> pending
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