From: Gregory P. Smith ext:(%20%5BGoogle%20Inc.%5D) <greg@krypto.org>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 00:31:21 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Document that CalledProcessError.returncode is the negative
X-Git-Tag: v3.5.2rc1~76
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=583a1d62402a500994734473d83af8aa36b45b82;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Document that CalledProcessError.returncode is the negative
signal number when the process died due to a signal.
---

diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
index 2ec94bfe138d..67bee40acb68 100644
--- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ compatibility with older versions, see the :ref:`call-function-trio` section.
 
     .. attribute:: returncode
 
-        Exit status of the child process.
+        Exit status of the child process.  If the process exited due to a
+        signal, this will be the negative signal number.
 
     .. attribute:: cmd