[issue20117] subprocess on Windows: wrong return code with shell=True

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[issue20117] subprocess on Windows: wrong return code with shell=True

eryksun added the comment: For what it's worth, an explicit exit will set the return code to the last error. subprocess.call(nonex exit, shell=True, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL) 9009 -- nosy: +eryksun ___ Python tracker

[issue20117] subprocess on Windows: wrong return code with shell=True

Mark Lawrence added the comment: Can our Windows gurus advise on this please. -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue20117 ___

[issue20117] subprocess on Windows: wrong return code with shell=True

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[issue20117] subprocess on Windows: wrong return code with shell=True

New submission from Guido van Rossum: A little birdie told me: Bug in Python subprocess doesn't allow to detect if command executed through Windows system shell exists. If command doesn't exist, windows shell returns 9009 exit code (127 on Linux): ---[a.bat]--- @echo off nonex echo

[issue20117] subprocess on Windows: wrong return code with shell=True

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