Re: run external command and let it go

[John Russell]

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