# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 843595488 0
# Node ID 20690a1ec10022710818638f2c37db91a8a351b9
# Parent  a56a8c6f2d8fb819bfbdc49bdff091f181972388
(shell-command-to-string): New function.

diff -r a56a8c6f2d8f -r 20690a1ec100 lisp/simple.el
--- a/lisp/simple.el	Tue Sep 24 20:03:15 1996 +0000
+++ b/lisp/simple.el	Tue Sep 24 20:04:48 1996 +0000
@@ -941,6 +941,11 @@
 		   (set-buffer buffer)
 		   (goto-char (point-min)))
 		 (display-buffer buffer))))))))
+       
+(defun shell-command-to-string (command)
+  "Execute shell command COMMAND and return its output as a string."
+  (with-output-to-string
+    (call-process shell-file-name nil t nil "-c" command)))
 
 (defconst universal-argument-map
   (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))