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Diffstat (limited to 'src/callproc.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/callproc.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/callproc.c b/src/callproc.c index 7208ceb5d2f..5e1e1a8cc0a 100644 --- a/src/callproc.c +++ b/src/callproc.c @@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ input come from an Emacs buffer, use `call-process-region' instead. Third argument DESTINATION specifies how to handle program's output. (\"Output\" here means both standard output and standard error output.) -If DESTINATION is a buffer, or t that stands for the current buffer, - it means insert output in that buffer before point. +If DESTINATION is a buffer or the name of a buffer, or t (which stands for +the current buffer), it means insert output in that buffer before point. If DESTINATION is nil, it means discard output; 0 means discard and don't wait for the program to terminate. If DESTINATION is `(:file FILE)', where FILE is a file name string, @@ -1055,6 +1055,7 @@ Insert output in BUFFER before point; t means current buffer; nil for BUFFER means discard it; 0 means discard and don't wait; and `(:file FILE)', where FILE is a file name string, means that it should be written to that file (if the file already exists it is overwritten). +BUFFER can be a string which is the name of a buffer. BUFFER can also have the form (REAL-BUFFER STDERR-FILE); in that case, REAL-BUFFER says what to do with standard output, as above, while STDERR-FILE says what to do with standard error in the child. |