# HG changeset patch
# User Rik <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
# Date 1293514735 28800
# Node ID 1a7b41db5432559f4af4b2ac0232cd8b2176f664
# Parent  74e285bb61c958dc153bc12e9aabd2e45b1d424f
Add additional calling form using file descriptor (fid) to docstring for stat.

diff -r 74e285bb61c9 -r 1a7b41db5432 src/ChangeLog
--- a/src/ChangeLog	Mon Dec 27 11:13:06 2010 -0500
+++ b/src/ChangeLog	Mon Dec 27 21:38:55 2010 -0800
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-12-27  Rik  <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
+
+	* syscalls.cc (stat): Add additional calling form using file descriptor
+	fid to docstring.
+
 2010-12-26  Michael Godfrey <godfrey@isl.stanford.edu>
 
 	* gammainc.cc: Add @tex blocks to docstring.
diff -r 74e285bb61c9 -r 1a7b41db5432 src/syscalls.cc
--- a/src/syscalls.cc	Mon Dec 27 11:13:06 2010 -0500
+++ b/src/syscalls.cc	Mon Dec 27 21:38:55 2010 -0800
@@ -878,9 +878,11 @@
 DEFUNX ("stat", Fstat, args, ,
   "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
 @deftypefn  {Built-in Function} {[@var{info}, @var{err}, @var{msg}] =} stat (@var{file})\n\
+@deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {[@var{info}, @var{err}, @var{msg}] =} stat (@var{fid})\n\
 @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {[@var{info}, @var{err}, @var{msg}] =} lstat (@var{file})\n\
+@deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {[@var{info}, @var{err}, @var{msg}] =} lstat (@var{fid})\n\
 Return a structure @var{s} containing the following information about\n\
-@var{file}.\n\
+@var{file} or file identifier @var{fid}.\n\
 \n\
 @table @code\n\
 @item dev\n\