[issue4855] Popen with Shell=True should return the command

Changes by wolfy : -- nosy: wolfy severity: normal status: open title: Popen with Shell=True should return the command ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue4

[issue4855] Popen with Shell=True should return the command's PID, not the shell's

New submission from wolfy : When using proc = Popen() with the parameter "shell=True", the returned proc-object's Process ID (PID) obtained by reading "proc.pid" is the one of the shell that was created. This gets very cumbersome, when the newly created process sha

[issue4855] Popen(..., shell=True, ...) should allow simple access to the command's PID

Changes by wolfy : -- title: Popen with Shell=True should return the command's PID, not the shell's -> Popen(..., shell=True,...) should allow simple access to the command's PID ___ Python tracker <http://bugs