Third arg is command name, the name of a shell command.
Remaining arguments are the arguments for the command.
Wildcards and redirection are handled as usual in the shell."
- (if (eq system-type 'vax-vms)
- (apply 'start-process name buffer args)
- (start-process name buffer shell-file-name "-c"
- (concat "exec " (mapconcat 'identity args " ")))))
+ (cond
+ ((eq system-type 'vax-vms)
+ (apply 'start-process name buffer args))
+ ((eq system-type 'windows-nt)
+ (start-process name buffer shell-file-name shell-command-switch
+ (mapconcat 'identity args " ")))
+ (t
+ (start-process name buffer shell-file-name shell-command-switch
+ (concat "exec " (mapconcat 'identity args " "))))))
(defmacro save-match-data (&rest body)
"Execute the BODY forms, restoring the global value of the match data."