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Diffstat (limited to 'pexpect/pexpect.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | pexpect/pexpect.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pexpect/pexpect.py b/pexpect/pexpect.py index 03504a6..bc48ca9 100644 --- a/pexpect/pexpect.py +++ b/pexpect/pexpect.py @@ -222,11 +222,13 @@ class spawn: Note that calling close() more than once is valid. This emulates standard Python behavior with files. If wait is set to True then close will wait - for the exit status of the process. This is a blocking call, - but this usually takes almost no time at all. If you are + for the exit status of the process. Doing a wait is a blocking call, + but this usually takes almost no time at all. Generally, + you don't have to worry about this. If you are creating lots of children then you usually want to call wait. - Only set wait to false if yo uknow the child will + Only set wait to false if you know the child will continue to run after closing the controlling TTY. + Otherwise you will end up with defunct (zombie) processes. """ if self.child_fd != -1: if not self.__child_fd_owner: |