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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt index 842b8389eb..a9fdb45b93 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ produces in the caller in order to process it. Functions --------- -`child_process_init` +`child_process_init`:: Initialize a struct child_process variable. @@ -169,6 +169,11 @@ string pointers (NULL terminated) in .env: . If the string does not contain '=', it names an environment variable that will be removed from the child process's environment. +If the .env member is NULL, `start_command` will point it at the +.env_array `argv_array` (so you may use one or the other, but not both). +The memory in .env_array will be cleaned up automatically during +`finish_command` (or during `start_command` when it is unsuccessful). + To specify a new initial working directory for the sub-process, specify it in the .dir member. |