builtins/eval.def

This file is eval.def, from which is created eval.c.
It implements the builtin "eval" in Bash.

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$PRODUCES eval.c

$BUILTIN eval
$FUNCTION eval_builtin
$SHORT_DOC eval [arg ...]
Read ARGs as input to the shell and execute the resulting command(s).
$END

#include "../shell.h"

/* Parse the string that these words make, and execute the command found. */
int
eval_builtin (list)
     WORD_LIST *list;
{
  int result;

  /* Note that parse_and_execute () frees the string it is passed. */
  if (list)
    result = parse_and_execute (string_list (list), "eval", -1);
  else
    result = EXECUTION_SUCCESS;
  return (result);
}