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

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

diff --git a/builtins/builtin.def b/builtins/builtin.def
index dfa58bc..3e765e4 100644 (file)
--- a/builtins/builtin.def
+++ b/builtins/builtin.def
@@ -1,32 +1,37 @@
 This file is builtin.def, from which is created builtin.c.
 It implements the builtin "builtin" in Bash.
 
-Copyright (C) 1987-2002 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.
 
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+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.
 
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-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 builtin.c
 
 $BUILTIN builtin
 $FUNCTION builtin_builtin
 $SHORT_DOC builtin [shell-builtin [arg ...]]
-Run a shell builtin.  This is useful when you wish to rename a
-shell builtin to be a function, but need the functionality of the
-builtin within the function itself.
+Execute shell builtins.
+
+Execute SHELL-BUILTIN with arguments ARGs without performing command
+lookup.  This is useful when you wish to reimplement a shell builtin
+as a shell function, but need to execute the builtin within the function.
+
+Exit Status:
+Returns the exit status of SHELL-BUILTIN, or false if SHELL-BUILTIN is
+not a shell builtin..
 $END
 #include <config.h>