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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\
4a095293 102and returns a numeric exit status or a signal description string.\n\
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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
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128#ifdef VMS
129 infile = build_string ("NLA0:");
130#else
77d78be1 131 infile = build_string ("/dev/null");
ffd56f97 132#endif /* not VMS */
80856e74 133
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134 if (nargs >= 3)
135 {
136 register Lisp_Object tem;
137
138 buffer = tem = args[2];
139 if (!(EQ (tem, Qnil)
140 || EQ (tem, Qt)
141 || XFASTINT (tem) == 0))
142 {
143 buffer = Fget_buffer (tem);
144 CHECK_BUFFER (buffer, 2);
145 }
146 }
147 else
148 buffer = Qnil;
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ffd56f97 150 display = nargs >= 4 ? args[3] : Qnil;
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151
152 {
153 register int i;
154 for (i = 4; i < nargs; i++)
155 {
156 CHECK_STRING (args[i], i);
157 new_argv[i - 3] = XSTRING (args[i])->data;
158 }
159 /* Program name is first command arg */
160 new_argv[0] = XSTRING (args[0])->data;
161 new_argv[i - 3] = 0;
162 }
163
77d78be1 164 filefd = open (XSTRING (infile)->data, O_RDONLY, 0);
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165 if (filefd < 0)
166 {
77d78be1 167 report_file_error ("Opening process input file", Fcons (infile, Qnil));
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168 }
169 /* Search for program; barf if not found. */
170 openp (Vexec_path, args[0], "", &path, 1);
efb859b4 171 if (NILP (path))
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172 {
173 close (filefd);
174 report_file_error ("Searching for program", Fcons (args[0], Qnil));
175 }
176 new_argv[0] = XSTRING (path)->data;
177
178 if (XTYPE (buffer) == Lisp_Int)
179 fd[1] = open ("/dev/null", O_WRONLY), fd[0] = -1;
180 else
181 {
182 pipe (fd);
183#if 0
184 /* Replaced by close_process_descs */
185 set_exclusive_use (fd[0]);
186#endif
187 }
188
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189 /* Make sure that the child will be able to chdir to the current
190 buffer's current directory. We can't just have the child check
191 for an error when it does the chdir, since it's in a vfork. */
192 current_dir = expand_and_dir_to_file (current_buffer->directory, Qnil);
193 if (NILP (Ffile_accessible_directory_p (current_dir)))
194 report_file_error ("Setting current directory",
195 Fcons (current_buffer->directory, Qnil));
196
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197 {
198 /* child_setup must clobber environ in systems with true vfork.
199 Protect it from permanent change. */
200 register char **save_environ = environ;
201 register int fd1 = fd[1];
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202
203#if 0 /* Some systems don't have sigblock. */
e065a56e 204 mask = sigblock (sigmask (SIGCHLD));
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205#endif
206
207 /* Record that we're about to create a synchronous process. */
208 synch_process_alive = 1;
209
210 pid = vfork ();
211
212 if (pid == 0)
213 {
214 if (fd[0] >= 0)
215 close (fd[0]);
216#ifdef USG
217 setpgrp ();
218#else
219 setpgrp (pid, pid);
220#endif /* USG */
e065a56e 221 child_setup (filefd, fd1, fd1, new_argv, 0, current_dir);
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222 }
223
224#if 0
225 /* Tell SIGCHLD handler to look for this pid. */
226 synch_process_pid = pid;
227 /* Now let SIGCHLD come through. */
e065a56e 228 sigsetmask (mask);
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229#endif
230
231 environ = save_environ;
232
233 close (filefd);
234 close (fd1);
235 }
236
237 if (pid < 0)
238 {
239 close (fd[0]);
240 report_file_error ("Doing vfork", Qnil);
241 }
242
243 if (XTYPE (buffer) == Lisp_Int)
244 {
245#ifndef subprocesses
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246 /* If Emacs has been built with asynchronous subprocess support,
247 we don't need to do this, I think because it will then have
248 the facilities for handling SIGCHLD. */
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249 wait_without_blocking ();
250#endif /* subprocesses */
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251 return Qnil;
252 }
253
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254 synch_process_death = 0;
255 synch_process_retcode = 0;
256
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257 record_unwind_protect (call_process_cleanup,
258 Fcons (make_number (fd[0]), make_number (pid)));
259
260
261 if (XTYPE (buffer) == Lisp_Buffer)
262 Fset_buffer (buffer);
263
264 immediate_quit = 1;
265 QUIT;
266
267 {
268 register int nread;
269
270 while ((nread = read (fd[0], buf, sizeof buf)) > 0)
271 {
272 immediate_quit = 0;
efb859b4 273 if (!NILP (buffer))
80856e74 274 insert (buf, nread);
efb859b4 275 if (!NILP (display) && INTERACTIVE)
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276 redisplay_preserve_echo_area ();
277 immediate_quit = 1;
278 QUIT;
279 }
280 }
281
282 /* Wait for it to terminate, unless it already has. */
283 wait_for_termination (pid);
284
285 immediate_quit = 0;
286
287 set_buffer_internal (old);
288
289 unbind_to (count, Qnil);
290
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291 if (synch_process_death)
292 return build_string (synch_process_death);
293 return make_number (synch_process_retcode);
294}
295#endif
296\f
297static void
298delete_temp_file (name)
299 Lisp_Object name;
300{
301 unlink (XSTRING (name)->data);
302}
303
304DEFUN ("call-process-region", Fcall_process_region, Scall_process_region,
305 3, MANY, 0,
306 "Send text from START to END to a synchronous process running PROGRAM.\n\
307Delete the text if fourth arg DELETE is non-nil.\n\
308Insert output in BUFFER before point; t means current buffer;\n\
309 nil for BUFFER means discard it; 0 means discard and don't wait.\n\
310Sixth arg DISPLAY non-nil means redisplay buffer as output is inserted.\n\
311Remaining args are passed to PROGRAM at startup as command args.\n\
312If BUFFER is nil, returns immediately with value nil.\n\
313Otherwise waits for PROGRAM to terminate\n\
4a095293 314and returns a numeric exit status or a signal description string.\n\
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315If you quit, the process is killed with SIGKILL.")
316 (nargs, args)
317 int nargs;
318 register Lisp_Object *args;
319{
320 register Lisp_Object filename_string, start, end;
321 char tempfile[20];
322 int count = specpdl_ptr - specpdl;
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323
324#ifdef VMS
325 strcpy (tempfile, "tmp:emacsXXXXXX.");
326#else
327 strcpy (tempfile, "/tmp/emacsXXXXXX");
328#endif
329 mktemp (tempfile);
330
331 filename_string = build_string (tempfile);
332 start = args[0];
333 end = args[1];
334 Fwrite_region (start, end, filename_string, Qnil, Qlambda);
335 record_unwind_protect (delete_temp_file, filename_string);
336
efb859b4 337 if (!NILP (args[3]))
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338 Fdelete_region (start, end);
339
340 args[3] = filename_string;
341 Fcall_process (nargs - 2, args + 2);
342
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343 return unbind_to (count, Qnil);
344}
345\f
346#ifndef VMS /* VMS version is in vmsproc.c. */
347
348/* This is the last thing run in a newly forked inferior
349 either synchronous or asynchronous.
350 Copy descriptors IN, OUT and ERR as descriptors 0, 1 and 2.
351 Initialize inferior's priority, pgrp, connected dir and environment.
352 then exec another program based on new_argv.
353
354 This function may change environ for the superior process.
355 Therefore, the superior process must save and restore the value
356 of environ around the vfork and the call to this function.
357
358 ENV is the environment for the subprocess.
359
360 SET_PGRP is nonzero if we should put the subprocess into a separate
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361 process group.
362
363 CURRENT_DIR is an elisp string giving the path of the current
364 directory the subprocess should have. Since we can't really signal
365 a decent error from within the child, this should be verified as an
366 executable directory by the parent. */
80856e74 367
e065a56e 368child_setup (in, out, err, new_argv, set_pgrp, current_dir)
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369 int in, out, err;
370 register char **new_argv;
80856e74 371 int set_pgrp;
77d78be1 372 Lisp_Object current_dir;
80856e74 373{
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374 char **env;
375
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376 register int pid = getpid();
377
378 setpriority (PRIO_PROCESS, pid, 0);
379
380#ifdef subprocesses
381 /* Close Emacs's descriptors that this process should not have. */
382 close_process_descs ();
383#endif
384
385 /* Note that use of alloca is always safe here. It's obvious for systems
386 that do not have true vfork or that have true (stack) alloca.
387 If using vfork and C_ALLOCA it is safe because that changes
388 the superior's static variables as if the superior had done alloca
389 and will be cleaned up in the usual way. */
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390 {
391 register unsigned char *temp;
392 register int i;
393
394 i = XSTRING (current_dir)->size;
395 temp = (unsigned char *) alloca (i + 2);
396 bcopy (XSTRING (current_dir)->data, temp, i);
397 if (temp[i - 1] != '/') temp[i++] = '/';
398 temp[i] = 0;
399
400 /* We can't signal an Elisp error here; we're in a vfork. Since
401 the callers check the current directory before forking, this
402 should only return an error if the directory's permissions
403 are changed between the check and this chdir, but we should
404 at least check. */
405 if (chdir (temp) < 0)
406 exit (errno);
407 }
80856e74 408
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409 /* Set `env' to a vector of the strings in Vprocess_environment. */
410 {
411 register Lisp_Object tem;
412 register char **new_env;
413 register int new_length;
414
415 new_length = 0;
416 for (tem = Vprocess_environment;
417 (XTYPE (tem) == Lisp_Cons
418 && XTYPE (XCONS (tem)->car) == Lisp_String);
419 tem = XCONS (tem)->cdr)
420 new_length++;
421
422 /* new_length + 1 to include terminating 0 */
423 env = new_env = (char **) alloca ((new_length + 1) * sizeof (char *));
424
e065a56e 425 /* Copy the Vprocess_alist strings into new_env. */
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426 for (tem = Vprocess_environment;
427 (XTYPE (tem) == Lisp_Cons
428 && XTYPE (XCONS (tem)->car) == Lisp_String);
429 tem = XCONS (tem)->cdr)
430 *new_env++ = (char *) XSTRING (XCONS (tem)->car)->data;
431 *new_env = 0;
432 }
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433
434 close (0);
435 close (1);
436 close (2);
437
438 dup2 (in, 0);
439 dup2 (out, 1);
440 dup2 (err, 2);
441 close (in);
442 close (out);
443 close (err);
444
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445#ifdef USG
446 setpgrp (); /* No arguments but equivalent in this case */
447#else
448 setpgrp (pid, pid);
449#endif /* USG */
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450 setpgrp_of_tty (pid);
451
452#ifdef vipc
453 something missing here;
454#endif /* vipc */
455
456 /* execvp does not accept an environment arg so the only way
457 to pass this environment is to set environ. Our caller
458 is responsible for restoring the ambient value of environ. */
459 environ = env;
460 execvp (new_argv[0], new_argv);
461
462 write (1, "Couldn't exec the program ", 26);
463 write (1, new_argv[0], strlen (new_argv[0]));
464 _exit (1);
465}
466
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467static int
468getenv_internal (var, varlen, value, valuelen)
469 char *var;
470 int varlen;
471 char **value;
77d78be1 472 int *valuelen;
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473{
474 Lisp_Object scan;
475
476 for (scan = Vprocess_environment; CONSP (scan); scan = XCONS (scan)->cdr)
477 {
478 Lisp_Object entry = XCONS (scan)->car;
479
480 if (XTYPE (entry) == Lisp_String
481 && XSTRING (entry)->size > varlen
482 && XSTRING (entry)->data[varlen] == '='
483 && ! bcmp (XSTRING (entry)->data, var, varlen))
484 {
77d78be1 485 *value = (char *) XSTRING (entry)->data + (varlen + 1);
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486 *valuelen = XSTRING (entry)->size - (varlen + 1);
487 return 1;
488 }
489 }
490
491 return 0;
492}
493
494DEFUN ("getenv", Fgetenv, Sgetenv, 1, 2, 0,
495 "Return the value of environment variable VAR, as a string.\n\
496VAR should be a string. Value is nil if VAR is undefined in the environment.\n\
497This function consults the variable ``process-environment'' for its value.")
498 (var)
499 Lisp_Object var;
500{
501 char *value;
502 int valuelen;
503
504 CHECK_STRING (var, 0);
505 if (getenv_internal (XSTRING (var)->data, XSTRING (var)->size,
506 &value, &valuelen))
507 return make_string (value, valuelen);
508 else
509 return Qnil;
510}
511
512/* A version of getenv that consults process_environment, easily
513 callable from C. */
514char *
515egetenv (var)
4746118a 516 char *var;
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517{
518 char *value;
519 int valuelen;
520
521 if (getenv_internal (var, strlen (var), &value, &valuelen))
522 return value;
523 else
524 return 0;
525}
526
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527#endif /* not VMS */
528\f
529init_callproc ()
530{
531 register char * sh;
532 register char **envp;
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533 Lisp_Object tempdir;
534
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535 {
536 char *data_dir = egetenv ("EMACSDATA");
537
538 Vdata_directory =
539 Ffile_name_as_directory
540 (build_string (data_dir ? data_dir : PATH_DATA));
541 }
80856e74 542
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543 /* Check the EMACSPATH environment variable, defaulting to the
544 PATH_EXEC path from paths.h. */
545 Vexec_path = decode_env_path ("EMACSPATH", PATH_EXEC);
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546 Vexec_directory = Ffile_name_as_directory (Fcar (Vexec_path));
547 Vexec_path = nconc2 (decode_env_path ("PATH", ""), Vexec_path);
548
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549 tempdir = Fdirectory_file_name (Vexec_directory);
550 if (access (XSTRING (tempdir)->data, 0) < 0)
80856e74 551 {
9453ea7b 552 printf ("Warning: arch-dependent data dir (%s) does not exist.\n",
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553 XSTRING (Vexec_directory)->data);
554 sleep (2);
555 }
556
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557 tempdir = Fdirectory_file_name (Vdata_directory);
558 if (access (XSTRING (tempdir)->data, 0) < 0)
559 {
560 printf ("Warning: arch-independent data dir (%s) does not exist.\n",
561 XSTRING (Vdata_directory)->data);
562 sleep (2);
563 }
564
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565#ifdef VMS
566 Vshell_file_name = build_string ("*dcl*");
567#else
efb859b4 568 sh = (char *) getenv ("SHELL");
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569 Vshell_file_name = build_string (sh ? sh : "/bin/sh");
570#endif
571
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572 Vprocess_environment = Qnil;
573#ifndef CANNOT_DUMP
574 if (initialized)
575#endif
576 for (envp = environ; *envp; envp++)
577 Vprocess_environment = Fcons (build_string (*envp),
578 Vprocess_environment);
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579}
580
581syms_of_callproc ()
582{
583 DEFVAR_LISP ("shell-file-name", &Vshell_file_name,
584 "*File name to load inferior shells from.\n\
585Initialized from the SHELL environment variable.");
586
587 DEFVAR_LISP ("exec-path", &Vexec_path,
588 "*List of directories to search programs to run in subprocesses.\n\
589Each element is a string (directory name) or nil (try default directory).");
590
591 DEFVAR_LISP ("exec-directory", &Vexec_directory,
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592 "Directory of architecture-dependent files that come with GNU Emacs,\n\
593especially executable programs intended for Emacs to invoke.");
594
595 DEFVAR_LISP ("data-directory", &Vdata_directory,
596 "Directory of architecture-independent files that come with GNU Emacs,\n\
597intended for Emacs to use.");
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80856e74 599 DEFVAR_LISP ("process-environment", &Vprocess_environment,
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600 "List of environment variables for subprocesses to inherit.\n\
601Each element should be a string of the form ENVVARNAME=VALUE.\n\
602The environment which Emacs inherits is placed in this variable\n\
603when Emacs starts.");
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604
605#ifndef VMS
606 defsubr (&Scall_process);
607#endif
efb859b4 608 defsubr (&Sgetenv);
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609 defsubr (&Scall_process_region);
610}