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-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