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Diffstat (limited to 'src/pkg/os/exec_posix.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/pkg/os/exec_posix.go | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/pkg/os/exec_posix.go b/src/pkg/os/exec_posix.go index e2097700e..f37bfab58 100644 --- a/src/pkg/os/exec_posix.go +++ b/src/pkg/os/exec_posix.go @@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ import ( "syscall" ) -// A Signal can represent any operating system signal. -type Signal interface { - String() string -} - type UnixSignal int32 func (sig UnixSignal) String() string { @@ -26,6 +21,9 @@ func (sig UnixSignal) String() string { // StartProcess starts a new process with the program, arguments and attributes // specified by name, argv and attr. +// +// StartProcess is a low-level interface. The exec package provides +// higher-level interfaces. func StartProcess(name string, argv []string, attr *ProcAttr) (p *Process, err Error) { sysattr := &syscall.ProcAttr{ Dir: attr.Dir, @@ -54,7 +52,9 @@ func (p *Process) Kill() Error { // Exec replaces the current process with an execution of the // named binary, with arguments argv and environment envv. // If successful, Exec never returns. If it fails, it returns an Error. -// StartProcess is almost always a better way to execute a program. +// +// To run a child process, see StartProcess (for a low-level interface) +// or the exec package (for higher-level interfaces). func Exec(name string, argv []string, envv []string) Error { if envv == nil { envv = Environ() |