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From: Buehring@Intellection.COM
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Subject: process exit status
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Date: 4 Jun 91 16:02:05 GMT
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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,
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