# HG changeset patch
# User Rik <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
# Date 1293836577 28800
# Node ID da51bc237526b7659c1d4b006f3e296e449ff23f
# Parent  0d9640d755b17d23345358c70f3b94c67ff78ce7
Add additional calling form "shell_cmd" to system() documentation.

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-12-31  Rik  <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
+
+	* toplev.cc (system): Add additional calling form "shell_cmd" to
+	documentation.
+
 2010-12-31  Rik  <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
 
 	* data.cc (islogical, isinteger, iscomplex, isfloat, isempty,
diff --git a/src/toplev.cc b/src/toplev.cc
--- a/src/toplev.cc
+++ b/src/toplev.cc
@@ -829,7 +829,8 @@
 
 DEFUN (system, args, nargout,
   "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
-@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {[@var{status}, @var{output}]} system (@var{string}, @var{return_output}, @var{type})\n\
+@deftypefn  {Built-in Function} {[@var{status}, @var{output}]} system (@var{string}, @var{return_output}, @var{type})\n\
+@deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {[@var{status}, @var{output}]} shell_cmd (@var{string}, @var{return_output}, @var{type})\n\
 Execute a shell command specified by @var{string}.\n\
 If the optional argument @var{type} is @code{\"async\"}, the process\n\
 is started in the background and the process id of the child process\n\