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| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/subr.el | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el index 4fe9987b95b..08099dc1fdd 100644 --- a/lisp/subr.el +++ b/lisp/subr.el @@ -1805,6 +1805,13 @@ Signal an error if the program returns with a non-zero exit status." (forward-line 1)) (nreverse lines))))) +(defun process-alive-p (process) + "Returns non-nil if PROCESS is alive. +A process is considered alive if its status is `run', `open', +`listen', `connect' or `stop'." + (memq (process-status process) + '(run open listen connect stop))) + ;; compatibility (make-obsolete |