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Further clarfication of the system-dependence of the system() return 

value, based on comments from Tim Peters.
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Fred Drake 1999-06-18 19:11:25 +00:00
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@ -695,7 +695,9 @@ same limitations. Changes to \code{posix.environ}, \code{sys.stdin},
etc.\ are not reflected in the environment of the executed command.
The return value is the exit status of the process encoded in the
format specified for \function{wait()}, except on Windows 95 and 98,
where it is always \code{0}.
where it is always \code{0}. Note that \POSIX{} does not specify the
meaning of the return value of the C \cfunction{system()} function,
so the return value of the Python function is system-dependent.
Availability: \UNIX{}, Windows.
\end{funcdesc}