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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2012-02-01 23:21:20 -0800
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2012-02-01 23:21:20 -0800
commit1b9f60cc53ca3918bbf807920cbaa43cf298a4cb (patch)
tree31dbc365c30a39eb1bf1537469602b8670b08fe5 /src/callproc.c
parent7e2734bc381568d40f83d6cdfa7043bdfdde17f9 (diff)
downloademacs-1b9f60cc53ca3918bbf807920cbaa43cf298a4cb.tar.gz
Tiny doc tweaks for call-process's :file spec.
* doc/lispref/processes.texi (Synchronous Processes): Mention call-process's :file gets overwritten. * src/callproc.c (Fcall_process, Fcall_process_region): Doc fix. * etc/NEWS: Markup.
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diff --git a/src/callproc.c b/src/callproc.c
index c5208fb93d9..b5b8cadeb68 100644
--- a/src/callproc.c
+++ b/src/callproc.c
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ The remaining arguments are optional.
The program's input comes from file INFILE (nil means `/dev/null').
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.
+ 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 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.
@@ -940,7 +941,7 @@ Delete the text if fourth arg DELETE is non-nil.
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.
+ written to that file (if the file already exists it is overwritten).
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.