commit 7b3b20ad29be6d77608b4bd9cd09b61b67783bcf
author Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com> Thu Mar 03 12:54:05 2011 +0000
committer Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com> Thu Mar 03 12:54:05 2011 +0000
tree 87a6e7e58d31f67e741226aa880043833525b061
parent 8370bb952809f72b387f11e58aa7b0452e383915

Issue #8513: On UNIX, subprocess supports bytes command string.

Lib/subprocess.py

diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index c02fb52..359dc96 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@
                            restore_signals, start_new_session):
             """Execute program (POSIX version)"""
 
-            if isinstance(args, str):
+            if isinstance(args, (str, bytes)):
                 args = [args]
             else:
                 args = list(args)