src/share/classes/java/lang/ProcessBuilder.java

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       * <p>This method checks that the command is a valid operating
       * system command.  Which commands are valid is system-dependent,
       * but at the very least the command must be a non-empty list of
       * non-null strings. 
       *
+      * <p>A minimal set of system dependent environment variables may 
+      * be required to start a process on some operating systems. 
+      * As a result, the subprocess may inherit additional environment variable 
+      * settings beyond those in the specified environment.
+      *
       * <p>If there is a security manager, its
       * {@link SecurityManager#checkExec checkExec}
       * method is called with the first component of this object's
       * {@code command} array as its argument. This may result in
       * a {@link SecurityException} being thrown.