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diff --git a/builtins/shift.def b/builtins/shift.def
index e20b4d5..3213086 100644
--- a/builtins/shift.def
+++ b/builtins/shift.def
@@ -1,23 +1,22 @@
This file is shift.def, from which is created shift.c.
It implements the builtin "shift" in Bash.
-Copyright (C) 1987-2003 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 shift.c
@@ -39,8 +38,13 @@ $PRODUCES shift.c
$BUILTIN shift
$FUNCTION shift_builtin
$SHORT_DOC shift [n]
-The positional parameters from $N+1 ... are renamed to $1 ... If N is
+Shift positional parameters.
+
+Rename the positional parameters $N+1,$N+2 ... to $1,$2 ... If N is
not given, it is assumed to be 1.
+
+Exit Status:
+Returns success unless N is negative or greater than $#.
$END
int print_shift_error;
@@ -57,7 +61,8 @@ shift_builtin (list)
register int count;
WORD_LIST *temp;
- times = get_numeric_arg (list, 0);
+ if (get_numeric_arg (list, 0, &times) == 0)
+ return (EXECUTION_FAILURE);
if (times == 0)
return (EXECUTION_SUCCESS);