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Diffstat (limited to 'src/pkg/os/exec/exec.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/pkg/os/exec/exec.go | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/pkg/os/exec/exec.go b/src/pkg/os/exec/exec.go index 4680036fdd..d2cee03fcd 100644 --- a/src/pkg/os/exec/exec.go +++ b/src/pkg/os/exec/exec.go @@ -238,6 +238,9 @@ func (c *Cmd) Run() error { } // Start starts the specified command but does not wait for it to complete. +// +// The Wait method will return the exit code and release associated resources +// once the command exits. func (c *Cmd) Start() error { if c.lookPathErr != nil { c.closeDescriptors(c.closeAfterStart) @@ -304,6 +307,8 @@ func (e *ExitError) Error() string { // If the command fails to run or doesn't complete successfully, the // error is of type *ExitError. Other error types may be // returned for I/O problems. +// +// Wait releases any resources associated with the Cmd. func (c *Cmd) Wait() error { if c.Process == nil { return errors.New("exec: not started") |