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