[os2/process]: Implement process_exec
, and pipe_has_data
#4290
+321
−125
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This PR implements a procedure to allow non-blocking reading of the stdout and stderr after starting the process using
os2
. This function should also be applicable to sockets, but for now there's no demand for this.There's also a fix of errors on Windows, where
win32.ERROR_BROKEN_PIPE
wasn't properly converting the error intoGeneral_Error.Broken_Pipe
, unlike linux and posix platforms.The documentation for
pipe()
procedure has been added.The documentation of os2/process functions has been unindented.
The following snippet demonstrates the usage of the procedure: