Question: call-process vs. shell-command

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From: Ken Mayer
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1991 14:04

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Novice question:

What's the difference between call-process and shell-command? What's
the most efficient way to call 'date' to insert a formatted date/time
stamp into a text file.

Regards,
Ken

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