From a88ef00a50bea5b6f7df28a51a84d0938bf6fe95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 19:11:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Further clarfication of the system-dependence of the system() return value, based on comments from Tim Peters. --- Doc/lib/libos.tex | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex index d15077631c..6181be27e8 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex @@ -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. The return value is the exit status of the process encoded in the 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. \end{funcdesc} -- 2.40.0