Return codes from call-process

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From: Bryan Boreham
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 1990 18:11

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As far as I can see, there is no way to get at the exit code of a
program called with call-process or call-process-region.  This seems
like a shame.

Perhaps someone out there can tell me why this is, or what other
command I should be using to run programs non-asynchronously.

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