changeset 2080:452f63bfa60c

[project @ 1996-04-24 07:49:00 by jwe]
author jwe
date Wed, 24 Apr 1996 07:51:37 +0000
parents 6c1effd5dcea
children e9ec222a53e1
files src/syscalls.cc
diffstat 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/src/syscalls.cc
+++ b/src/syscalls.cc
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 }
 
 DEFUN(dup2, args, ,
- "fid = dup2 (old, new)")
+ "fid = dup2 (old, new): duplicate a file descriptor")
 {
   double retval = -1.0;
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 }
 
 DEFUN(exec, args, ,
- "exec (file, args)")
+ "exec (file, args): replace current process with a new process")
 {
   double retval = -1.0;
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
 }
 
 DEFUN(fcntl, args, ,
- "fcntl (fid, request, argument)")
+ "fcntl (fid, request, argument): control open file descriptors")
 {
   double retval = -1.0;
 
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
 }
 
 DEFUN (pipe, args, ,
-  "[file_ids, status] = pipe ()")
+  "[file_ids, status] = pipe (): create an interprocess channel")
 {
   Octave_object retval (2, tree_constant (-1.0));