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Further clarfication of the system-dependence of the system() return

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value, based on comments from Tim Peters.
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Fred Drake 1999-06-18 19:11:25 +00:00
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@ -695,7 +695,9 @@ same limitations. Changes to \code{posix.environ}, \code{sys.stdin},
etc.\ are not reflected in the environment of the executed command. etc.\ are not reflected in the environment of the executed command.
The return value is the exit status of the process encoded in the The return value is the exit status of the process encoded in the
format specified for \function{wait()}, except on Windows 95 and 98, format specified for \function{wait()}, except on Windows 95 and 98,
where it is always \code{0}. where it is always \code{0}. Note that \POSIX{} does not specify the
meaning of the return value of the C \cfunction{system()} function,
so the return value of the Python function is system-dependent.
Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows. Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows.
\end{funcdesc} \end{funcdesc}