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Add note on relative path for os.exec*
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Update Doc/library/os.rst per review
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the :envvar:`PATH` variable. The other variants, :func:`execl`, :func:`execle`,
:func:`execv`, and :func:`execve`, will not use the :envvar:`PATH` variable to
locate the executable; *path* must contain an appropriate absolute or relative
path.
path. Relative paths must include at least one slash, even on Windows, as
plain names will not be resolved.

For :func:`execle`, :func:`execlpe`, :func:`execve`, and :func:`execvpe` (note
that these all end in "e"), the *env* parameter must be a mapping which is
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