GNU bug report logs - #18515
Document call-process behaviour with respect to default-directory

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eli Barzilay <eli <at> barzilay.org>

Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 03:35:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, patch

Found in version 24.3

Fixed in version 25.2

Done: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Cc: Eli Barzilay <eli <at> barzilay.org>, 18515 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18515: 24.3; Documentation of `call-process'
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2017 09:24:56 +0200

npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net writes:

> --- a/src/callproc.c
> +++ b/src/callproc.c
> @@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ t (mix it with ordinary output), or a file name string.
>  Otherwise it waits for PROGRAM to terminate
>  and returns a numeric exit status or a signal description string.
>  If you quit, the process is killed with SIGINT, or SIGKILL if you quit again.
> +The process runs in `default-directory'.

That's not true if `default-directory' is remote.

Best regards, Michael.
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