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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/subr.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/subr.el | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el index 1dd5d2ffef9..02e79932233 100644 --- a/lisp/subr.el +++ b/lisp/subr.el @@ -2077,7 +2077,12 @@ arguments PROGRAM-ARGS are strings to give program as arguments. If you want to separate standard output from standard error, use `make-process' or invoke the command through a shell and redirect -one of them using the shell syntax." +one of them using the shell syntax. + +The process runs in `default-directory' if that is local (as +determined by `unhandled-file-name-directory'), or \"~\" +otherwise. If you want to run a process in a remote directory +use `start-file-process'." (unless (fboundp 'make-process) (error "Emacs was compiled without subprocess support")) (apply #'make-process |