From: John Russell <jorussel@cisco.com>
Subject: Re: run external command and let it go
Date: 26 Sep 2003 10:47:31 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3oex761z0.fsf@cisco.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: jwveky4g19r.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@vor.iro.umontreal.ca
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
> > Can anyone tell me how I can run an external process (like a temrinal
> > or a browser) from emacs. I know shell-command does this, but I
> > really don't care about the output of the command, so the Shell output
> > and Async output buffers are just annoying when they come up. I
> > really just want to launch a command and then be done with it. Any
> > ideas? Thanks.
>
> `shell-command' is mostly meant for interactive use. For elisp code, use
> `call-process' or `start-process' (which see with C-h f).
(call-process * nil 0 nil) was what I wanted. Thanks.
John
prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-09-26 14:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-09-25 16:08 run external command and let it go John Russell
2003-09-25 16:20 ` John Russell
2003-09-25 18:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-09-26 14:47 ` John Russell [this message]
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