1 This file is builtin.def, from which is created builtin.c.
2 It implements the builtin "builtin" in Bash.
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25 $FUNCTION builtin_builtin
26 $SHORT_DOC builtin [shell-builtin [arg ...]]
27 Run a shell builtin. This is useful when you wish to rename a
28 shell builtin to be a function, but need the functionality of the
29 builtin within the function itself.
36 extern char *this_command_name;
38 /* Run the command mentioned in list directly, without going through the
39 normal alias/function/builtin/filename lookup process. */
40 builtin_builtin (list)
44 register char *command;
47 return (EXECUTION_SUCCESS);
49 command = (list->word->word);
50 #if defined (DISABLED_BUILTINS)
51 function = builtin_address (command);
52 #else /* !DISABLED_BUILTINS */
53 function = find_shell_builtin (command);
54 #endif /* !DISABLED_BUILTINS */
58 builtin_error ("%s: not a shell builtin", command);
59 return (EXECUTION_FAILURE);
63 this_command_name = command;
65 return ((*function) (list));