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[DOC] Correction for Process.spawn doc

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@ -4991,7 +4991,9 @@ rb_f_system(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE _)
* *
* "Hello! 1\n" * "Hello! 1\n"
* *
* Ruby invokes the executable directly, with no shell and no shell expansion. * Ruby invokes the executable directly.
* This form does not use the shell;
* see below for caveats.
* *
* If one or more +args+ is given, each is an argument or option * If one or more +args+ is given, each is an argument or option
* to be passed to the executable: * to be passed to the executable:
@ -5006,6 +5008,14 @@ rb_f_system(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE _)
* C* * C*
* hello world * hello world
* *
* The 'cmdname, arg1, ...' form does not use the shell. However,
* on different OSes, different things are provided as built-in
* commands. An example of this is 'echo', which is a built-in
* on Windows, but is a normal program on Linux and Mac OS X.
* This means that `Process.spawn 'echo', '%Path%'` will display
* the contents of the `%Path%` environment variable on Windows,
* but `Process.spawn 'echo', '$PATH'` prints the literal '$PATH'.
*
* Raises an exception if the new process could not execute. * Raises an exception if the new process could not execute.
*/ */