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Don't use a list argument together with shell=True in subprocess' docs #65546
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*Popen(["something"], shell=True)* works but it is similar to It is best to always use a string if It is a common confusion bpo-20344, msg98732, bpo-7839 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21029154/understanding-python-subprocess-check-outputs-first-argument-and-shell-true |
I've checked the same documentation patch applies to both default (3.5) and 2.7 branches. There are no more instances of the misleading usage left (after applying the patch). |
New changeset 5ef9a2c711f5 by R David Murray in branch '2.7': New changeset 3b27f3acf0c4 by R David Murray in branch '3.4': New changeset 217006c5455f by R David Murray in branch 'default': |
Thanks, Akira. |
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