Function: eshell-as-subcommand

eshell-as-subcommand is a macro defined in esh-cmd.el.gz.

Signature

(eshell-as-subcommand COMMAND)

Documentation

Execute COMMAND using a temp buffer.

This is used so that certain Lisp commands, such as cd, when executed in a subshell, do not disturb the environment of the main Eshell buffer.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/eshell/esh-cmd.el.gz
(defmacro eshell-as-subcommand (command)
  "Execute COMMAND using a temp buffer.
This is used so that certain Lisp commands, such as `cd', when
executed in a subshell, do not disturb the environment of the main
Eshell buffer."
  `(let ,eshell-subcommand-bindings
     ,command))