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Article #188929process exit status
From: Walt Buehring (INTELLECTION)
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1991 15:56
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1991 15:56
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Greetings, I'm writing an elisp function that calls a subprocess and waits for completion. The obvious way to do this is to use 'call-process', but I need the process exit status before the elisp can continue with confidence. In all the tests I've run, 'call-process' returns 'nil' regardless of the exit status. Is there a way to obtain the exit status besides resorting to 'start-process' and using a process-sentinal? The function I'm writing shouldn't require such hair, but I *must* have the exit status. Thanks in advance, \/\/ Walt Buehring Internet: Buehring@Intellection.COM Intellection, Inc. UUCP: uupsi!intell!buehring 1603 LBJ Freeway, Suite 780 Phone: (214) 620-2100 Dallas, TX 75234 Church of the SubGenius -- Eternal salvation or triple your money back!
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103b8b,2707121d1874a0b1,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103b8b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-06-04 12:20:59 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!cse!evax!walt From: walt@utarl.edu (Walt Buehring (INTELLECTION)) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Subject: process exit status Message-ID: <WALT.91Jun4105619@arrisun3.utarl.edu> Date: 4 Jun 91 15:56:19 GMT Sender: usenet@cse.uta.edu (USENET Dummy account for GNUS and TheNews) Distribution: gnu Organization: Intellection, Inc. Dallas, Texas Lines: 23