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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/os.texi | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/emacs.c | 2 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/os.texi b/doc/lispref/os.texi index 1c3be1c7ef6..b31ab87ff17 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/os.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/os.texi @@ -707,6 +707,10 @@ the Emacs process. (This is useful primarily in batch operation; see If @var{exit-data} is a string, its contents are stuffed into the terminal input buffer so that the shell (or whatever program next reads input) can read them. + +If @var{exit-data} is neither an integer nor a string, or is omitted, +that means to use the (system-specific) exit status which indicates +successful program termination. @end deffn @cindex SIGTERM diff --git a/src/emacs.c b/src/emacs.c index 6118ad34454..1dcf1958912 100644 --- a/src/emacs.c +++ b/src/emacs.c @@ -2352,6 +2352,8 @@ DEFUN ("kill-emacs", Fkill_emacs, Skill_emacs, 0, 1, "P", doc: /* Exit the Emacs job and kill it. If ARG is an integer, return ARG as the exit program code. If ARG is a string, stuff it as keyboard input. +Any other value of ARG, or ARG omitted, means return an +exit code that indicates successful program termination. This function is called upon receipt of the signals SIGTERM or SIGHUP, and upon SIGINT in batch mode. |