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authorRoland Pesch <pesch@cygnus>1993-05-07 00:49:33 +0000
committerRoland Pesch <pesch@cygnus>1993-05-07 00:49:33 +0000
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* gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
DOSHOST configuration of manual. (At least for the nonce, since precisely how this works under DOS seems to depend on mysteries known only to DJ Delorie, which are not easily fathomed from his source.)
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/ChangeLog3
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo7
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 486ffd9..8a0ac6b 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
+ * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
+ DOSHOST configuration of manual.
+
* gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
* all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index f5f7859..4993ff7 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -1036,11 +1036,10 @@ just use the @code{shell} command.
@item shell @var{command string}
@kindex shell
@cindex shell escape
-Invoke a shell to execute @var{command string}. If it exists, the
-environment variable @code{SHELL} is used for the name of the shell to
-run.
+Invoke a the standard shell to execute @var{command string}.
@ifclear DOSHOST
-Otherwise @value{GDBN} uses @code{/bin/sh}.
+If it exists, the environment variable @code{SHELL} determines which
+shell to run. Otherwise @value{GDBN} uses @code{/bin/sh}.
@end ifclear
@end table