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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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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.
-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 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>