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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/pure/osproc.nim | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/pure/osproc.nim b/lib/pure/osproc.nim index d58335e82..7378520e3 100644 --- a/lib/pure/osproc.nim +++ b/lib/pure/osproc.nim @@ -175,7 +175,11 @@ proc startCmd*(command: string, options: set[ProcessOption] = { result = startProcess(command=command, options=options + {poEvalCommand}) proc close*(p: Process) {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", tags: [].} - ## When the process has finished executing, cleanup related handles + ## When the process has finished executing, cleanup related handles. + ## + ## **Warning:** If the process has not finished executing, this will forcibly + ## terminate the process. Doing so may result in zombie processes and + ## `pty leaks <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27021641/how-to-fix-request-failed-on-channel-0>`_. proc suspend*(p: Process) {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", tags: [].} ## Suspends the process `p`. |