https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/fc2071687b708598264a3403b7f9104667c1092f
commit: fc2071687b708598264a3403b7f9104667c1092f
branch: main
author: Matthew Davis <[email protected]>
committer: erlend-aasland <[email protected]>
date: 2024-04-01T21:49:14+02:00
summary:
Docs: add more links to PIPE in subprocess docs (#25416)
files:
M Doc/library/subprocess.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
index 8f6751cb11af2a..49194b82b4cea2 100644
--- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
@@ -52,10 +52,12 @@ underlying :class:`Popen` interface can be used directly.
If *capture_output* is true, stdout and stderr will be captured.
When used, the internal :class:`Popen` object is automatically created with
- ``stdout=PIPE`` and ``stderr=PIPE``. The *stdout* and *stderr* arguments may
- not be supplied at the same time as *capture_output*. If you wish to
capture
- and combine both streams into one, use ``stdout=PIPE`` and ``stderr=STDOUT``
- instead of *capture_output*.
+ *stdout* and *stdin* both set to :data:`~subprocess.PIPE`.
+ The *stdout* and *stderr* arguments may not be supplied at the same time as
*capture_output*.
+ If you wish to capture and combine both streams into one,
+ set *stdout* to :data:`~subprocess.PIPE`
+ and *stderr* to :data:`~subprocess.STDOUT`,
+ instead of using *capture_output*.
A *timeout* may be specified in seconds, it is internally passed on to
:meth:`Popen.communicate`. If the timeout expires, the child process will be
@@ -69,7 +71,8 @@ underlying :class:`Popen` interface can be used directly.
subprocess's stdin. If used it must be a byte sequence, or a string if
*encoding* or *errors* is specified or *text* is true. When
used, the internal :class:`Popen` object is automatically created with
- ``stdin=PIPE``, and the *stdin* argument may not be used as well.
+ *stdin* set to :data:`~subprocess.PIPE`,
+ and the *stdin* argument may not be used as well.
If *check* is true, and the process exits with a non-zero exit code, a
:exc:`CalledProcessError` exception will be raised. Attributes of that
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