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| -rw-r--r-- | src/corelib/io/qprocess.cpp | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qprocess.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qprocess.cpp index 4e106691f7..1bb3362d5e 100644 --- a/src/corelib/io/qprocess.cpp +++ b/src/corelib/io/qprocess.cpp @@ -2121,8 +2121,12 @@ void QProcess::start(OpenMode mode) \note On QNX, this may cause all application threads to temporarily freeze. - If the function is successful then *\a pid is set to the process - identifier of the started process. + If the function is successful then *\a pid is set to the process identifier + of the started process. Note that the child process may exit and the PID + may become invalid without notice. Furthermore, after the child process + exits, the same PID may be recycled and used by a completely different + process. User code should be careful when using this variable, especially + if one intends to forcibly terminate the process by operating system means. Only the following property setters are supported by startDetached(): \list |