From 143de623e72f69b60c092333f4b6e6fa009957e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Brandl Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 06:29:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fix markup. --- Doc/library/subprocess.rst | 27 ++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst index 3458003fe5..32a1d667c2 100644 --- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst +++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst @@ -193,9 +193,11 @@ Instances of the :class:`Popen` class have the following methods: Wait for child process to terminate. Set and return :attr:`returncode` attribute. - warning:: This will deadlock if the child process generates enough output - to a stdout or stderr pipe causing it to block waiting for the OS's pipe - buffer to accept more data. + .. warning:: + + This will deadlock if the child process generates enough output to a + stdout or stderr pipe causing it to block waiting for the OS's pipe buffer + to accept more data. .. method:: Popen.communicate(input=None) @@ -249,35 +251,30 @@ Instances of the :class:`Popen` class have the following methods: The following attributes are also available: +.. warning:: + + Use :meth:`communicate` rather than ``.stdin.write()``, ``.stdout.read()`` or + ``.stderr.read`` to avoid deadlocks due to any of the other pipe buffers + filling up and blocking the child process. + + .. attribute:: Popen.stdin If the *stdin* argument is ``PIPE``, this attribute is a file object that provides input to the child process. Otherwise, it is ``None``. - warning:: Use :meth:`communicate` rather than .stdin.write() to avoid - deadlocks due to any of the other pipe buffers filling up and blocking the - child process. - .. attribute:: Popen.stdout If the *stdout* argument is ``PIPE``, this attribute is a file object that provides output from the child process. Otherwise, it is ``None``. - warning:: Use :meth:`communicate` rather than .stdout.read() to avoid - deadlocks due to any of the other pipe buffers filling up and blocking the - child process. - .. attribute:: Popen.stderr If the *stderr* argument is ``PIPE``, this attribute is file object that provides error output from the child process. Otherwise, it is ``None``. - warning:: Use :meth:`communicate` rather than .stderr.read() to avoid - deadlocks due to any of the other pipe buffers filling up and blocking the - child process. - .. attribute:: Popen.pid -- 2.40.0