Applied patch 1669481, slightly modified: Support close_fds on Win32

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Peter Astrand 2007-05-26 22:18:20 +00:00
parent 5f9b6c9a1b
commit 81a191b351
3 changed files with 16 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ called in the child process just before the child is executed.
If \var{close_fds} is true, all file descriptors except \constant{0},
\constant{1} and \constant{2} will be closed before the child process is
executed. (\UNIX{} only)
executed. (\UNIX{} only). Or, on Windows, if \var{close_fds} is true
then no handles will be inherited by the child process. Note that on
Windows, you cannot set \var{close_fds} to true and also redirect the
standard handles by setting \var{stdin}, \var{stdout} or \var{stderr}.
If \var{shell} is \constant{True}, the specified command will be
executed through the shell.