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authorStephen Hemminger <stephen.hemminger@vyatta.com>2010-10-11 14:49:26 -0700
committerStephen Hemminger <stephen.hemminger@vyatta.com>2010-10-11 15:19:40 -0700
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Update to bash-4.1
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diff --git a/builtins/alias.def b/builtins/alias.def
index 572910b..d760ceb 100644
--- a/builtins/alias.def
+++ b/builtins/alias.def
@@ -1,35 +1,43 @@
This file is alias.def, from which is created alias.c
It implements the builtins "alias" and "unalias" in Bash.
-Copyright (C) 1987-2004 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/>.
$BUILTIN alias
$FUNCTION alias_builtin
$DEPENDS_ON ALIAS
$PRODUCES alias.c
$SHORT_DOC alias [-p] [name[=value] ... ]
-`alias' with no arguments or with the -p option prints the list
-of aliases in the form alias NAME=VALUE on standard output.
+Define or display aliases.
+
+Without arguments, `alias' prints the list of aliases in the reusable
+form `alias NAME=VALUE' on standard output.
+
Otherwise, an alias is defined for each NAME whose VALUE is given.
A trailing space in VALUE causes the next word to be checked for
-alias substitution when the alias is expanded. Alias returns
-true unless a NAME is given for which no alias has been defined.
+alias substitution when the alias is expanded.
+
+Options:
+ -p Print all defined aliases in a reusable format
+
+Exit Status:
+alias returns true unless a NAME is supplied for which no alias has been
+defined.
$END
#include <config.h>
@@ -103,7 +111,7 @@ alias_builtin (list)
free (alias_list); /* XXX - Do not free the strings. */
if (list == 0)
- return (EXECUTION_SUCCESS);
+ return (sh_chkwrite (EXECUTION_SUCCESS));
}
any_failed = 0;
@@ -149,8 +157,12 @@ $BUILTIN unalias
$FUNCTION unalias_builtin
$DEPENDS_ON ALIAS
$SHORT_DOC unalias [-a] name [name ...]
-Remove NAMEs from the list of defined aliases. If the -a option is given,
-then remove all alias definitions.
+Remove each NAME from the list of defined aliases.
+
+Options:
+ -a remove all alias definitions.
+
+Return success unless a NAME is not an existing alias.
$END
#if defined (ALIAS)