def spawn (cmd,
           search_path=1,
           verbose=0,
           dry_run=0):
    if os.name == 'posix':
        _spawn_posix(cmd, search_path, dry_run=dry_run)
    elif os.name == 'nt':
        _spawn_nt(cmd, search_path, dry_run=dry_run)
    elif os.name == 'os2':
        _spawn_os2(cmd, search_path, dry_run=dry_run)
    elif os.name == 'java':
        _spawn_java(cmd, search_path, dry_run=dry_run)
    else:
        raise DistutilsPlatformError, \
              "don't know how to spawn programs on platform '%s'" % os.name

# spawn ()
Run another program, specified as a command list 'cmd', in a new
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