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r73665 | alexandre.vassalotti | 2009-06-28 21:01:51 -0400 (Sun, 28 Jun 2009) | 2 lines
Update docstrings for sys.getdlopenflags() and sys.setdlopenflags().
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r73693 | jesse.noller | 2009-06-29 14:20:34 -0400 (Mon, 29 Jun 2009) | 1 line
Bug 5906: add a documentation note for unix daemons vs. multiprocessing daemons
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r73704 | georg.brandl | 2009-06-30 12:15:43 -0400 (Tue, 30 Jun 2009) | 1 line
#6376: fix copy-n-paste oversight.
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r73705 | georg.brandl | 2009-06-30 12:17:28 -0400 (Tue, 30 Jun 2009) | 1 line
#6374: add a bit of explanation about shell=True on Windows.
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r73707 | georg.brandl | 2009-06-30 12:35:11 -0400 (Tue, 30 Jun 2009) | 1 line
#6371: fix link targets.
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r73712 | ezio.melotti | 2009-06-30 18:51:06 -0400 (Tue, 30 Jun 2009) | 1 line
Fixed defaultTestCase -> defaultTestResult
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r73713 | ezio.melotti | 2009-06-30 18:56:16 -0400 (Tue, 30 Jun 2009) | 1 line
Fixed a backslash that was not supposed to be there
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r73824 | ezio.melotti | 2009-07-03 21:18:08 -0400 (Fri, 03 Jul 2009) | 1 line
#6398 typo: versio. -> version.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
index 169801b..2af5489 100644
--- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@
needed: Usually, the program to execute is defined by the *args* argument. If
``shell=True``, the *executable* argument specifies which shell to use. On Unix,
the default shell is :file:`/bin/sh`. On Windows, the default shell is
- specified by the :envvar:`COMSPEC` environment variable.
+ specified by the :envvar:`COMSPEC` environment variable. The only reason you
+ would need to specify ``shell=True`` on Windows is where the command you
+ wish to execute is actually built in to the shell, eg ``dir``, ``copy``.
+ You don't need ``shell=True`` to run a batch file, nor to run a console-based
+ executable.
*stdin*, *stdout* and *stderr* specify the executed programs' standard input,
standard output and standard error file handles, respectively. Valid values