Re: [PATCH] Add file-dwim.

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Random832 <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 18:39:53 -0400
> 
> Artur Malabarba <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Actually, people shouldn't use shell-command unless they specifically
> > need a shell.
> > If you want an external program, use start-process; if you want it
> > synchronous, use call-process.
> 
> Can call-process return the stdout of the process in a string, as
> shell-command-to-string does?

Yes, of course.  See its documentation: the output could go into a
buffer, a string, a file, or the null device.