qa: Use files for stdout/stderr to support Windows

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py b/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py
index 81ca156f8c..7bf5f5f0d2 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class TestNode():
             assert self.rpc_connected and self.rpc is not None, self._node_msg("Error: no RPC connection")
             return getattr(self.rpc, name)
 
-    def start(self, extra_args=None, stdout=None, stderr=None, *args, **kwargs):
+    def start(self, extra_args=None, *, stdout=None, stderr=None, **kwargs):
         """Start the node."""
         if extra_args is None:
             extra_args = self.extra_args
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class TestNode():
         # add environment variable LIBC_FATAL_STDERR_=1 so that libc errors are written to stderr and not the terminal
         subp_env = dict(os.environ, LIBC_FATAL_STDERR_="1")
 
-        self.process = subprocess.Popen(self.args + extra_args, env=subp_env, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.process = subprocess.Popen(self.args + extra_args, env=subp_env, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr, **kwargs)
 
         self.running = True
         self.log.debug("bitcoind started, waiting for RPC to come up")