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diff --git a/DOCS/man/input.rst b/DOCS/man/input.rst index cd587072d8..cf1bb5b4e9 100644 --- a/DOCS/man/input.rst +++ b/DOCS/man/input.rst @@ -523,12 +523,28 @@ Remember to quote string arguments in input.conf (see `Flat command syntax`_). ``capture_stderr`` (``MPV_FORMAT_FLAG``) Same as ``capture_stdout``, but for stderr. + ``detach`` (``MPV_FORMAT_FLAG``) + Whether to run the process in detached mode (optional, default: no). In + this mode, the process is run in a new process session, and the command + does not wait for the process to terminate. If neither + ``capture_stdout`` nor ``capture_stderr`` have been set to ``yes``, + the command returns immediately after the new process has been started, + otherwise the command will read as long as the pipes are open. + + ``env`` (``MPV_FORMAT_NODE_ARRAY[MPV_FORMAT_STRING]``) + Set a list of environment variables for the new process (default: empty). + If an empty list is passed, the environment of the mpv process is used + instead. (Unlike the underlying OS mechanisms, the mpv command cannot + start a process with empty environment. Fortunately, that is completely + useless.) The format of the list is as in the ``execle()`` syscall. Each + string item defines an environment variable as in ``NANME=VALUE``. + The command returns the following result (as ``MPV_FORMAT_NODE_MAP``): ``status`` (``MPV_FORMAT_INT64``) The raw exit status of the process. It will be negative on error. The meaning of negative values is undefined, other than meaning error (and - does not necessarily correspond to OS low level exit status values). + does not correspond to OS low level exit status values). On Windows, it can happen that a negative return value is returned even if the process exits gracefully, because the win32 ``UINT`` exit |