From cd93215c9a40126641acbf64230c79342f559dcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: n-l-i <57808975+n-l-i@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 21:52:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] gh-128342: Specify timeout unit in subprocess docstrings (GH-128343) Specify timeout unit (seconds) in subprocess docstrings (cherry picked from commit dafe7a44630aa32bb411cceb45c7b7df725e3fe3) Co-authored-by: n-l-i <57808975+n-l-i@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Terry Jan Reedy --- Lib/subprocess.py | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py index 1d17ae3608a51a..881a9ce800ae99 100644 --- a/Lib/subprocess.py +++ b/Lib/subprocess.py @@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ def _text_encoding(): def call(*popenargs, timeout=None, **kwargs): """Run command with arguments. Wait for command to complete or - timeout, then return the returncode attribute. + for timeout seconds, then return the returncode attribute. The arguments are the same as for the Popen constructor. Example: @@ -517,8 +517,8 @@ def run(*popenargs, in the returncode attribute, and output & stderr attributes if those streams were captured. - If timeout is given, and the process takes too long, a TimeoutExpired - exception will be raised. + If timeout (seconds) is given and the process takes too long, + a TimeoutExpired exception will be raised. There is an optional argument "input", allowing you to pass bytes or a string to the subprocess's stdin. If you use this argument