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authorRichard M. Stallman <[email protected]>2006-06-13 23:08:39 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <[email protected]>2006-06-13 23:08:39 +0000
commita4feb1448a99a293512a5fd59073a898a7ffe14a (patch)
tree726f234a9c63832734bd2a097dead88796b4285b /src/callproc.c
parentc32de52a4f02cd411dea9620bf6d6770691238d7 (diff)
(Fcall_process): Doc fix.
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@@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ t (mix it with ordinary output), or a file name string.
Fourth arg DISPLAY non-nil means redisplay buffer as output is inserted.
Remaining arguments are strings passed as command arguments to PROGRAM.
+If executable PROGRAM can't be found as an executable, `call-process'
+signals a Lisp error. `call-process' reports errors in execution of
+the program only through its return and output.
+
If BUFFER is 0, `call-process' returns immediately with value nil.
Otherwise it waits for PROGRAM to terminate
and returns a numeric exit status or a signal description string.