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Module spawn
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.. lua:module:: spawn

Spawn child processes

See :lua:meth:`dbus <dbus>`, :lua:meth:`evdev <evdev>`, :lua:meth:`event <event>`, :lua:meth:`file <file>`, :lua:meth:`hwinfo <hwinfo>`, :lua:meth:`log <log>`, :lua:meth:`lua <lua>`, :lua:meth:`misc <misc>`, :lua:meth:`os <os>`, :lua:meth:`spawn <spawn>`, :lua:meth:`udev <udev>`, :lua:meth:`xorg <xorg>` for more information about this type

Methods
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   * - :lua:meth:`run(argv, ignore_output) <run>`
     - Start a child process

.. lua:method:: run(argv, ignore_output) -> ChildProcess

   :rtype: :lua:mod:`ChildProcess <deai.builtin.spawn.ChildProcess>`
   :param argv: arguments passed to command
   :type argv: [string]
   :param ignore_output: if true, outputs of the child process will be redirected to :code:`/dev/null`. if this is false, you have to handle the signals to avoid the program's output from being blocked.
   :type ignore_output: bool

   Start a child process 

   Returns an object representing the child process.