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diff --git a/src/libstd/process.rs b/src/libstd/process.rs index 7197dfa8b2d..5e0a54392d2 100644 --- a/src/libstd/process.rs +++ b/src/libstd/process.rs @@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ use thread::{self, JoinHandle}; /// /// assert!(ecode.success()); /// ``` +/// +/// # Note +/// +/// Take note that there is no implementation of +/// [`Drop`](../../core/ops/trait.Drop.html) for child processes, so if you +/// do not ensure the `Child` has exited then it will continue to run, even +/// after the `Child` handle to the child process has gone out of scope. +/// +/// Calling `wait` (or other functions that wrap around it) will make the +/// parent process wait until the child has actually exited before continuing. #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")] pub struct Child { handle: imp::Process, |