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@@ -1,33 +1,34 @@
This file is let.def, from which is created let.c.
It implements the builtin "let" 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/>.
$BUILTIN let
$FUNCTION let_builtin
$PRODUCES let.c
$SHORT_DOC let arg [arg ...]
-Each ARG is an arithmetic expression to be evaluated. Evaluation
-is done in fixed-width integers with no check for overflow, though
-division by 0 is trapped and flagged as an error. The following
-list of operators is grouped into levels of equal-precedence operators.
-The levels are listed in order of decreasing precedence.
+Evaluate arithmetic expressions.
+
+Evaluate each ARG as an arithmetic expression. Evaluation is done in
+fixed-width integers with no check for overflow, though division by 0
+is trapped and flagged as an error. The following list of operators is
+grouped into levels of equal-precedence operators. The levels are listed
+in order of decreasing precedence.
id++, id-- variable post-increment, post-decrement
++id, --id variable pre-increment, pre-decrement
@@ -59,8 +60,8 @@ Operators are evaluated in order of precedence. Sub-expressions in
parentheses are evaluated first and may override the precedence
rules above.
-If the last ARG evaluates to 0, let returns 1; 0 is returned
-otherwise.
+Exit Status:
+If the last ARG evaluates to 0, let returns 1; let returns 0 otherwise..
$END
#include <config.h>