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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt index dfbf9ac5d0..c364a22c8f 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Functions `finish_async`:: - Wait for the completeion of an asynchronous function that was + Wait for the completion of an asynchronous function that was started with start_async(). @@ -111,9 +111,10 @@ stderr as follows: .no_stdin, .no_stdout, .no_stderr: The respective channel is redirected to /dev/null. - .stdout_to_stderr: stdout of the child is redirected to the - parent's stderr (i.e. *not* to what .err or - .no_stderr specify). + .stdout_to_stderr: stdout of the child is redirected to its + stderr. This happens after stderr is itself redirected. + So stdout will follow stderr to wherever it is + redirected. To modify the environment of the sub-process, specify an array of string pointers (NULL terminated) in .env: @@ -121,8 +122,8 @@ string pointers (NULL terminated) in .env: . If the string is of the form "VAR=value", i.e. it contains '=' the variable is added to the child process's environment. -. If the string does not contain '=', it names an environement - variable that will be removed from the child process's envionment. +. If the string does not contain '=', it names an environment + variable that will be removed from the child process's environment. To specify a new initial working directory for the sub-process, specify it in the .dir member. |