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80856e74 1/* Synchronous subprocess invocation for GNU Emacs.
91bac16a 2 Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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3
4This file is part of GNU Emacs.
5
6GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)
9any later version.
10
11GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14GNU General Public License for more details.
15
16You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
18the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
19
20
21#include <signal.h>
77d78be1 22#include <errno.h>
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23
24#include "config.h"
25
26/* Define SIGCHLD as an alias for SIGCLD. */
27
28#if !defined (SIGCHLD) && defined (SIGCLD)
29#define SIGCHLD SIGCLD
30#endif /* SIGCLD */
31
32#include <sys/types.h>
33#define PRIO_PROCESS 0
34#include <sys/file.h>
35#ifdef USG5
36#include <fcntl.h>
37#endif
38
39#ifndef O_RDONLY
40#define O_RDONLY 0
41#endif
42
43#ifndef O_WRONLY
44#define O_WRONLY 1
45#endif
46
47#include "lisp.h"
48#include "commands.h"
49#include "buffer.h"
50#include "paths.h"
51#include "process.h"
52
53#ifdef VMS
54extern noshare char **environ;
55#else
56extern char **environ;
57#endif
58
59#define max(a, b) ((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b))
60
9453ea7b 61Lisp_Object Vexec_path, Vexec_directory, Vdata_directory;
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62
63Lisp_Object Vshell_file_name;
64
80856e74 65Lisp_Object Vprocess_environment;
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66
67/* True iff we are about to fork off a synchronous process or if we
68 are waiting for it. */
69int synch_process_alive;
70
71/* Nonzero => this is a string explaining death of synchronous subprocess. */
72char *synch_process_death;
73
74/* If synch_process_death is zero,
75 this is exit code of synchronous subprocess. */
76int synch_process_retcode;
77\f
78#ifndef VMS /* VMS version is in vmsproc.c. */
79
80Lisp_Object
81call_process_cleanup (fdpid)
82 Lisp_Object fdpid;
83{
84 register Lisp_Object fd, pid;
85 fd = Fcar (fdpid);
86 pid = Fcdr (fdpid);
87 close (XFASTINT (fd));
88 kill (XFASTINT (pid), SIGKILL);
89 synch_process_alive = 0;
90 return Qnil;
91}
92
93DEFUN ("call-process", Fcall_process, Scall_process, 1, MANY, 0,
94 "Call PROGRAM synchronously in separate process.\n\
95The program's input comes from file INFILE (nil means `/dev/null').\n\
96Insert output in BUFFER before point; t means current buffer;\n\
97 nil for BUFFER means discard it; 0 means discard and don't wait.\n\
98Fourth arg DISPLAY non-nil means redisplay buffer as output is inserted.\n\
99Remaining arguments are strings passed as command arguments to PROGRAM.\n\
100If BUFFER is nil or 0, returns immediately with value nil.\n\
101Otherwise waits for PROGRAM to terminate\n\
102and returns a numeric exit status or a signal name as a string.\n\
103If you quit, the process is killed with SIGKILL.")
104 (nargs, args)
105 int nargs;
106 register Lisp_Object *args;
107{
77d78be1 108 Lisp_Object display, infile, buffer, path, current_dir;
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109 int fd[2];
110 int filefd;
111 register int pid;
112 char buf[1024];
113 int count = specpdl_ptr - specpdl;
114 register unsigned char **new_argv
115 = (unsigned char **) alloca ((max (2, nargs - 2)) * sizeof (char *));
116 struct buffer *old = current_buffer;
117#if 0
118 int mask;
119#endif
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120 CHECK_STRING (args[0], 0);
121
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122 if (nargs >= 2 && ! NILP (args[1]))
123 {
124 infile = Fexpand_file_name (args[1], current_buffer->directory);
125 CHECK_STRING (infile, 1);
126 }
80856e74 127 else
77d78be1 128 infile = build_string ("/dev/null");
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129
130 {
131 register Lisp_Object tem;
77d78be1 132 if (nargs < 3)
80856e74 133 buffer = Qnil;
77d78be1 134 else
80856e74 135 {
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136 buffer = tem = args[2];
137 if (!(EQ (tem, Qnil) || EQ (tem, Qt)
138 || XFASTINT (tem) == 0))
139 {
140 buffer = Fget_buffer (tem);
141 CHECK_BUFFER (buffer, 2);
142 }
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143 }
144 }
145
146 display = nargs >= 3 ? args[3] : Qnil;
147
148 {
149 register int i;
150 for (i = 4; i < nargs; i++)
151 {
152 CHECK_STRING (args[i], i);
153 new_argv[i - 3] = XSTRING (args[i])->data;
154 }
155 /* Program name is first command arg */
156 new_argv[0] = XSTRING (args[0])->data;
157 new_argv[i - 3] = 0;
158 }
159
77d78be1 160 filefd = open (XSTRING (infile)->data, O_RDONLY, 0);
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161 if (filefd < 0)
162 {
77d78be1 163 report_file_error ("Opening process input file", Fcons (infile, Qnil));
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164 }
165 /* Search for program; barf if not found. */
166 openp (Vexec_path, args[0], "", &path, 1);
efb859b4 167 if (NILP (path))
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168 {
169 close (filefd);
170 report_file_error ("Searching for program", Fcons (args[0], Qnil));
171 }
172 new_argv[0] = XSTRING (path)->data;
173
174 if (XTYPE (buffer) == Lisp_Int)
175 fd[1] = open ("/dev/null", O_WRONLY), fd[0] = -1;
176 else
177 {
178 pipe (fd);
179#if 0
180 /* Replaced by close_process_descs */
181 set_exclusive_use (fd[0]);
182#endif
183 }
184
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185 /* Make sure that the child will be able to chdir to the current
186 buffer's current directory. We can't just have the child check
187 for an error when it does the chdir, since it's in a vfork. */
188 current_dir = expand_and_dir_to_file (current_buffer->directory, Qnil);
189 if (NILP (Ffile_accessible_directory_p (current_dir)))
190 report_file_error ("Setting current directory",
191 Fcons (current_buffer->directory, Qnil));
192
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193 {
194 /* child_setup must clobber environ in systems with true vfork.
195 Protect it from permanent change. */
196 register char **save_environ = environ;
197 register int fd1 = fd[1];
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198
199#if 0 /* Some systems don't have sigblock. */
e065a56e 200 mask = sigblock (sigmask (SIGCHLD));
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201#endif
202
203 /* Record that we're about to create a synchronous process. */
204 synch_process_alive = 1;
205
206 pid = vfork ();
207
208 if (pid == 0)
209 {
210 if (fd[0] >= 0)
211 close (fd[0]);
212#ifdef USG
213 setpgrp ();
214#else
215 setpgrp (pid, pid);
216#endif /* USG */
e065a56e 217 child_setup (filefd, fd1, fd1, new_argv, 0, current_dir);
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218 }
219
220#if 0
221 /* Tell SIGCHLD handler to look for this pid. */
222 synch_process_pid = pid;
223 /* Now let SIGCHLD come through. */
e065a56e 224 sigsetmask (mask);
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225#endif
226
227 environ = save_environ;
228
229 close (filefd);
230 close (fd1);
231 }
232
233 if (pid < 0)
234 {
235 close (fd[0]);
236 report_file_error ("Doing vfork", Qnil);
237 }
238
239 if (XTYPE (buffer) == Lisp_Int)
240 {
241#ifndef subprocesses
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242 /* If Emacs has been built with asynchronous subprocess support,
243 we don't need to do this, I think because it will then have
244 the facilities for handling SIGCHLD. */
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245 wait_without_blocking ();
246#endif /* subprocesses */
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247 return Qnil;
248 }
249
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250 synch_process_death = 0;
251 synch_process_retcode = 0;
252
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253 record_unwind_protect (call_process_cleanup,
254 Fcons (make_number (fd[0]), make_number (pid)));
255
256
257 if (XTYPE (buffer) == Lisp_Buffer)
258 Fset_buffer (buffer);
259
260 immediate_quit = 1;
261 QUIT;
262
263 {
264 register int nread;
265
266 while ((nread = read (fd[0], buf, sizeof buf)) > 0)
267 {
268 immediate_quit = 0;
efb859b4 269 if (!NILP (buffer))
80856e74 270 insert (buf, nread);
efb859b4 271 if (!NILP (display) && INTERACTIVE)
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272 redisplay_preserve_echo_area ();
273 immediate_quit = 1;
274 QUIT;
275 }
276 }
277
278 /* Wait for it to terminate, unless it already has. */
279 wait_for_termination (pid);
280
281 immediate_quit = 0;
282
283 set_buffer_internal (old);
284
285 unbind_to (count, Qnil);
286
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287 if (synch_process_death)
288 return build_string (synch_process_death);
289 return make_number (synch_process_retcode);
290}
291#endif
292\f
293static void
294delete_temp_file (name)
295 Lisp_Object name;
296{
297 unlink (XSTRING (name)->data);
298}
299
300DEFUN ("call-process-region", Fcall_process_region, Scall_process_region,
301 3, MANY, 0,
302 "Send text from START to END to a synchronous process running PROGRAM.\n\
303Delete the text if fourth arg DELETE is non-nil.\n\
304Insert output in BUFFER before point; t means current buffer;\n\
305 nil for BUFFER means discard it; 0 means discard and don't wait.\n\
306Sixth arg DISPLAY non-nil means redisplay buffer as output is inserted.\n\
307Remaining args are passed to PROGRAM at startup as command args.\n\
308If BUFFER is nil, returns immediately with value nil.\n\
309Otherwise waits for PROGRAM to terminate\n\
310and returns a numeric exit status or a signal name as a string.\n\
311If you quit, the process is killed with SIGKILL.")
312 (nargs, args)
313 int nargs;
314 register Lisp_Object *args;
315{
316 register Lisp_Object filename_string, start, end;
317 char tempfile[20];
318 int count = specpdl_ptr - specpdl;
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319
320#ifdef VMS
321 strcpy (tempfile, "tmp:emacsXXXXXX.");
322#else
323 strcpy (tempfile, "/tmp/emacsXXXXXX");
324#endif
325 mktemp (tempfile);
326
327 filename_string = build_string (tempfile);
328 start = args[0];
329 end = args[1];
330 Fwrite_region (start, end, filename_string, Qnil, Qlambda);
331 record_unwind_protect (delete_temp_file, filename_string);
332
efb859b4 333 if (!NILP (args[3]))
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334 Fdelete_region (start, end);
335
336 args[3] = filename_string;
337 Fcall_process (nargs - 2, args + 2);
338
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339 return unbind_to (count, Qnil);
340}
341\f
342#ifndef VMS /* VMS version is in vmsproc.c. */
343
344/* This is the last thing run in a newly forked inferior
345 either synchronous or asynchronous.
346 Copy descriptors IN, OUT and ERR as descriptors 0, 1 and 2.
347 Initialize inferior's priority, pgrp, connected dir and environment.
348 then exec another program based on new_argv.
349
350 This function may change environ for the superior process.
351 Therefore, the superior process must save and restore the value
352 of environ around the vfork and the call to this function.
353
354 ENV is the environment for the subprocess.
355
356 SET_PGRP is nonzero if we should put the subprocess into a separate
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357 process group.
358
359 CURRENT_DIR is an elisp string giving the path of the current
360 directory the subprocess should have. Since we can't really signal
361 a decent error from within the child, this should be verified as an
362 executable directory by the parent. */
80856e74 363
e065a56e 364child_setup (in, out, err, new_argv, set_pgrp, current_dir)
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365 int in, out, err;
366 register char **new_argv;
80856e74 367 int set_pgrp;
77d78be1 368 Lisp_Object current_dir;
80856e74 369{
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370 char **env;
371
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372 register int pid = getpid();
373
374 setpriority (PRIO_PROCESS, pid, 0);
375
376#ifdef subprocesses
377 /* Close Emacs's descriptors that this process should not have. */
378 close_process_descs ();
379#endif
380
381 /* Note that use of alloca is always safe here. It's obvious for systems
382 that do not have true vfork or that have true (stack) alloca.
383 If using vfork and C_ALLOCA it is safe because that changes
384 the superior's static variables as if the superior had done alloca
385 and will be cleaned up in the usual way. */
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386 {
387 register unsigned char *temp;
388 register int i;
389
390 i = XSTRING (current_dir)->size;
391 temp = (unsigned char *) alloca (i + 2);
392 bcopy (XSTRING (current_dir)->data, temp, i);
393 if (temp[i - 1] != '/') temp[i++] = '/';
394 temp[i] = 0;
395
396 /* We can't signal an Elisp error here; we're in a vfork. Since
397 the callers check the current directory before forking, this
398 should only return an error if the directory's permissions
399 are changed between the check and this chdir, but we should
400 at least check. */
401 if (chdir (temp) < 0)
402 exit (errno);
403 }
80856e74 404
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405 /* Set `env' to a vector of the strings in Vprocess_environment. */
406 {
407 register Lisp_Object tem;
408 register char **new_env;
409 register int new_length;
410
411 new_length = 0;
412 for (tem = Vprocess_environment;
413 (XTYPE (tem) == Lisp_Cons
414 && XTYPE (XCONS (tem)->car) == Lisp_String);
415 tem = XCONS (tem)->cdr)
416 new_length++;
417
418 /* new_length + 1 to include terminating 0 */
419 env = new_env = (char **) alloca ((new_length + 1) * sizeof (char *));
420
e065a56e 421 /* Copy the Vprocess_alist strings into new_env. */
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422 for (tem = Vprocess_environment;
423 (XTYPE (tem) == Lisp_Cons
424 && XTYPE (XCONS (tem)->car) == Lisp_String);
425 tem = XCONS (tem)->cdr)
426 *new_env++ = (char *) XSTRING (XCONS (tem)->car)->data;
427 *new_env = 0;
428 }
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429
430 close (0);
431 close (1);
432 close (2);
433
434 dup2 (in, 0);
435 dup2 (out, 1);
436 dup2 (err, 2);
437 close (in);
438 close (out);
439 close (err);
440
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441#ifdef USG
442 setpgrp (); /* No arguments but equivalent in this case */
443#else
444 setpgrp (pid, pid);
445#endif /* USG */
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446 setpgrp_of_tty (pid);
447
448#ifdef vipc
449 something missing here;
450#endif /* vipc */
451
452 /* execvp does not accept an environment arg so the only way
453 to pass this environment is to set environ. Our caller
454 is responsible for restoring the ambient value of environ. */
455 environ = env;
456 execvp (new_argv[0], new_argv);
457
458 write (1, "Couldn't exec the program ", 26);
459 write (1, new_argv[0], strlen (new_argv[0]));
460 _exit (1);
461}
462
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463static int
464getenv_internal (var, varlen, value, valuelen)
465 char *var;
466 int varlen;
467 char **value;
77d78be1 468 int *valuelen;
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469{
470 Lisp_Object scan;
471
472 for (scan = Vprocess_environment; CONSP (scan); scan = XCONS (scan)->cdr)
473 {
474 Lisp_Object entry = XCONS (scan)->car;
475
476 if (XTYPE (entry) == Lisp_String
477 && XSTRING (entry)->size > varlen
478 && XSTRING (entry)->data[varlen] == '='
479 && ! bcmp (XSTRING (entry)->data, var, varlen))
480 {
77d78be1 481 *value = (char *) XSTRING (entry)->data + (varlen + 1);
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482 *valuelen = XSTRING (entry)->size - (varlen + 1);
483 return 1;
484 }
485 }
486
487 return 0;
488}
489
490DEFUN ("getenv", Fgetenv, Sgetenv, 1, 2, 0,
491 "Return the value of environment variable VAR, as a string.\n\
492VAR should be a string. Value is nil if VAR is undefined in the environment.\n\
493This function consults the variable ``process-environment'' for its value.")
494 (var)
495 Lisp_Object var;
496{
497 char *value;
498 int valuelen;
499
500 CHECK_STRING (var, 0);
501 if (getenv_internal (XSTRING (var)->data, XSTRING (var)->size,
502 &value, &valuelen))
503 return make_string (value, valuelen);
504 else
505 return Qnil;
506}
507
508/* A version of getenv that consults process_environment, easily
509 callable from C. */
510char *
511egetenv (var)
4746118a 512 char *var;
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513{
514 char *value;
515 int valuelen;
516
517 if (getenv_internal (var, strlen (var), &value, &valuelen))
518 return value;
519 else
520 return 0;
521}
522
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523#endif /* not VMS */
524\f
525init_callproc ()
526{
527 register char * sh;
528 register char **envp;
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529 Lisp_Object tempdir;
530
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531 {
532 char *data_dir = egetenv ("EMACSDATA");
533
534 Vdata_directory =
535 Ffile_name_as_directory
536 (build_string (data_dir ? data_dir : PATH_DATA));
537 }
80856e74 538
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539 /* Check the EMACSPATH environment variable, defaulting to the
540 PATH_EXEC path from paths.h. */
541 Vexec_path = decode_env_path ("EMACSPATH", PATH_EXEC);
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542 Vexec_directory = Ffile_name_as_directory (Fcar (Vexec_path));
543 Vexec_path = nconc2 (decode_env_path ("PATH", ""), Vexec_path);
544
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545 tempdir = Fdirectory_file_name (Vexec_directory);
546 if (access (XSTRING (tempdir)->data, 0) < 0)
80856e74 547 {
9453ea7b 548 printf ("Warning: arch-dependent data dir (%s) does not exist.\n",
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549 XSTRING (Vexec_directory)->data);
550 sleep (2);
551 }
552
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553 tempdir = Fdirectory_file_name (Vdata_directory);
554 if (access (XSTRING (tempdir)->data, 0) < 0)
555 {
556 printf ("Warning: arch-independent data dir (%s) does not exist.\n",
557 XSTRING (Vdata_directory)->data);
558 sleep (2);
559 }
560
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561#ifdef VMS
562 Vshell_file_name = build_string ("*dcl*");
563#else
efb859b4 564 sh = (char *) getenv ("SHELL");
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565 Vshell_file_name = build_string (sh ? sh : "/bin/sh");
566#endif
567
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568 Vprocess_environment = Qnil;
569#ifndef CANNOT_DUMP
570 if (initialized)
571#endif
572 for (envp = environ; *envp; envp++)
573 Vprocess_environment = Fcons (build_string (*envp),
574 Vprocess_environment);
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575}
576
577syms_of_callproc ()
578{
579 DEFVAR_LISP ("shell-file-name", &Vshell_file_name,
580 "*File name to load inferior shells from.\n\
581Initialized from the SHELL environment variable.");
582
583 DEFVAR_LISP ("exec-path", &Vexec_path,
584 "*List of directories to search programs to run in subprocesses.\n\
585Each element is a string (directory name) or nil (try default directory).");
586
587 DEFVAR_LISP ("exec-directory", &Vexec_directory,
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588 "Directory of architecture-dependent files that come with GNU Emacs,\n\
589especially executable programs intended for Emacs to invoke.");
590
591 DEFVAR_LISP ("data-directory", &Vdata_directory,
592 "Directory of architecture-independent files that come with GNU Emacs,\n\
593intended for Emacs to use.");
80856e74 594
80856e74 595 DEFVAR_LISP ("process-environment", &Vprocess_environment,
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596 "List of environment variables for subprocesses to inherit.\n\
597Each element should be a string of the form ENVVARNAME=VALUE.\n\
598The environment which Emacs inherits is placed in this variable\n\
599when Emacs starts.");
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600
601#ifndef VMS
602 defsubr (&Scall_process);
603#endif
efb859b4 604 defsubr (&Sgetenv);
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605 defsubr (&Scall_process_region);
606}