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changeset 51922:97cfe6cd3e4f
(Subprocess Creation): Add exec-suffixes.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Mon, 14 Jul 2003 16:03:25 +0000 |
| parents | 86bdb37c1d71 |
| children | b2a3d5e58cc3 |
| files | lispref/processes.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/processes.texi Mon Jul 14 16:03:04 2003 +0000 +++ b/lispref/processes.texi Mon Jul 14 16:03:25 2003 +0000 @@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ @code{substitute-in-file-name} to perform them (@pxref{File Name Expansion}). + Executing a program can also try adding suffixes to the specified +name: + +@defvar exec-suffixes +This variable is a list of suffixes (strings) to try adding to the +specified program file name. The list should include @code{""} if you +want the name to be tried exactly as specified. The default value is +system-dependent. +@end defvar + Each of the subprocess-creating functions has a @var{buffer-or-name} argument which specifies where the standard output from the program will go. It should be a buffer or a buffer name; if it is a buffer name,