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Title: os.system and standard C function system() limitations
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Status: closed Resolution: rejected
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Assigned To: georg.brandl Nosy List: brian.curtin, georg.brandl, techtonik
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Created on 2010-03-15 12:09 by techtonik, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg101097 - (view) Author: anatoly techtonik (techtonik) Date: 2010-03-15 12:09
http://docs.python.org/library/os.html#os.system

...This is implemented by calling the Standard C function system(), and has the same limitations...

Which limitations?

BTW, is the Windows 98 comment can be dropped.
msg101107 - (view) Author: Brian Curtin (brian.curtin) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-03-15 13:43
That would depend on the implementation of the system() call on your platform. There are already two notes for Unix and Windows right below that paragraph.

Going further into lower level specifics of the system() call is outside the scope of that documentation and is a quick internet search away.

For example:
posix - http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/functions/system.html
Windows - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/277bwbdz.aspx
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:56:58adminsetgithub: 52394
2010-03-15 13:43:20brian.curtinsetstatus: open -> closed
priority: low

nosy: + brian.curtin
messages: + msg101107

resolution: rejected
2010-03-15 12:09:44techtonikcreate