Commit 5e7cf0ad authored by Fred Drake's avatar Fred Drake

Fix markup nits.

parent 40b0cf8b
...@@ -1515,15 +1515,15 @@ calling the Standard C function \cfunction{system()}, and has the ...@@ -1515,15 +1515,15 @@ calling the Standard C function \cfunction{system()}, and has the
same limitations. Changes to \code{posix.environ}, \code{sys.stdin}, same limitations. Changes to \code{posix.environ}, \code{sys.stdin},
etc.\ are not reflected in the environment of the executed command. etc.\ are not reflected in the environment of the executed command.
On \UNIX the return value is the exit status of the process encoded in the On \UNIX, the return value is the exit status of the process encoded in the
format specified for \function{wait()}. Note that \POSIX{} does not format specified for \function{wait()}. Note that \POSIX{} does not
specify the meaning of the return value of the C \cfunction{system()} specify the meaning of the return value of the C \cfunction{system()}
function, so the return value of the Python function is system-dependent. function, so the return value of the Python function is system-dependent.
On Windows the return value is that returned by the system shell after On Windows, the return value is that returned by the system shell after
running \var{command}, given by the Windows environment variable running \var{command}, given by the Windows environment variable
\code{COMSPEC}: on \code{command.com} systems (Windows 95, 98 and ME) \envvar{COMSPEC}: on \program{command.com} systems (Windows 95, 98 and ME)
this is always \code{0}; on \code{cmd.exe} systems (Windows NT, 2000 this is always \code{0}; on \program{cmd.exe} systems (Windows NT, 2000
and XP) this is the exit status of the command run; on systems using and XP) this is the exit status of the command run; on systems using
a non-native shell, consult your shell documentation. a non-native shell, consult your shell documentation.
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