Imported from ../bash-4.0-rc1.tar.gz.

[platform/upstream/bash.git] / builtins / shift.def

diff --git a/builtins/shift.def b/builtins/shift.def
index e20b4d5..3213086 100644 (file)
--- a/builtins/shift.def
+++ b/builtins/shift.def
@@ -1,23 +1,22 @@
 This file is shift.def, from which is created shift.c.
 It implements the builtin "shift" in Bash.
 
-Copyright (C) 1987-2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1987-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is part of GNU Bash, the Bourne Again SHell.
 
-Bash is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
-the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
-Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later
-version.
+Bash is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
 
-Bash is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
-WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
-for more details.
+Bash is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
 
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
-with Bash; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free Software
-Foundation, 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111 USA.
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Bash.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 $PRODUCES shift.c
 
@@ -39,8 +38,13 @@ $PRODUCES shift.c
 $BUILTIN shift
 $FUNCTION shift_builtin
 $SHORT_DOC shift [n]
-The positional parameters from $N+1 ... are renamed to $1 ...  If N is
+Shift positional parameters.
+
+Rename the positional parameters $N+1,$N+2 ... to $1,$2 ...  If N is
 not given, it is assumed to be 1.
+
+Exit Status:
+Returns success unless N is negative or greater than $#.
 $END
 
 int print_shift_error;
@@ -57,7 +61,8 @@ shift_builtin (list)
   register int count;
   WORD_LIST *temp;
 
-  times = get_numeric_arg (list, 0);
+  if (get_numeric_arg (list, 0, &times) == 0)
+    return (EXECUTION_FAILURE);
 
   if (times == 0)
     return (EXECUTION_SUCCESS);