[issue20344] subprocess.check_output() docs misrepresent what shell=True does

Tuomas Savolainen added the comment: Corrected the spelling of the patch. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file34635/20344_3.patch ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue20344

[issue20344] subprocess.check_output() docs misrepresent what shell=True does

Tuomas Savolainen added the comment: Created a patch that adds notice of using shell=True and iterable to the documentation. Please do comment if the formatting is wrong (this my first documentation patch). -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file34619/documentation20344.patch

[issue20344] subprocess.check_output() docs misrepresent what shell=True does

Tuomas Savolainen added the comment: Made a patch that throws exception as suggested: 3- Make check_output() throw an Exception if the first argument is a list and shell=True -- keywords: +patch nosy: +Tuomas.Savolainen Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file34543/issue20344.patch