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diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el index b5ba05426f5..d151d6c9aeb 100644 --- a/lisp/simple.el +++ b/lisp/simple.el @@ -4141,6 +4141,20 @@ its behavior with respect to remote file attribute caching. You should only ever change this variable with a let-binding; never with `setq'.") +(defcustom process-file-return-signal-string nil + "Whether to return a string describing the signal interrupting a process. +When a process returns an exit code greater than 128, it is +interpreted as a signal. `process-file' requires to return a +string describing this signal. +Since there are processes violating this rule, returning exit +codes greater than 128 which are not bound to a signal, +`process-file' returns the exit code as natural number also in +this case. Setting this user option to non-nil forces +`process-file' to interpret such exit codes as signals, and to +return a corresponding string." + :version "28.1" + :type 'boolean) + (defun start-file-process (name buffer program &rest program-args) "Start a program in a subprocess. Return the process object for it. |