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+## Copyright (C) 1996, 1998 Auburn University.  All rights reserved.
+##
+## This file is part of Octave. 
+##
+## Octave 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. 
+## 
+## Octave 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 Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free 
+## Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111 USA. 
+
+## -*- texinfo -*- 
+## @deftypefn {Function File } {@var{retsys} =} syschnames (@var{sys}, @var{opt}, @var{list}, @var{names})
+## Superseded by @code{syssetsignals}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: John Ingram <ingraje@eng.auburn.edu>
+## Created: August 1996
+## updated by A. S. Hodel 1998
+
+function retsys = syschnames (sys, opt, list, names)
+
+  retsys = syssetsignals(sys,opt,names,list);
+
+endfunction