* subr.el (chmod): New defalias for set-file-modes.

* files.texi (Misc File Ops): Mention chmod as an alias for
set-file-modes.

5 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index 771161c0e01..2d3f82ac93d 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-12-24  Dan Nicolaescu  <dann@ics.uci.edu>
+
+        * files.texi (Misc File Ops): Mention chmod as an alias for
+        set-file-modes.
+
 2008-12-24  Martin Rudalics  <rudalics@gmx.at>
 
         * help.texi (Help): Fix typos and reword.
diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi
index 3c338fcdfe6..1632ae5f01e 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/files.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi
@@ -1588,7 +1588,8 @@ read, written to, or executed, and by whom.  This command reads file
 modes using the same symbolic or octal format accepted by the
 @command{chmod} command; for instance, @samp{u+x} means to add
 execution permission for the user who owns the file.  It has no effect
-on operating systems that do not support file modes.
+on operating systems that do not support file modes.  @code{chmod} is a
+convenience alias for this function.
 
 @node Compressed Files
 @section Accessing Compressed Files
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 333cadecb52..1e1abc2ef33 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -542,7 +542,8 @@ matches a regexp.
 +++
 *** The new command `set-file-modes' allows to set file's mode bits.
 The mode bits can be specified in symbolic notation, like with GNU
-Coreutils, in addition to an octal number.
+Coreutils, in addition to an octal number.  `chmod' is a new
+convenience alias for this function.
 
 *** `next-error-recenter' specifies how next-error should recenter the
 visited source file.  Its value can be a number (for example, 0 for
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index b98edf23e15..0a6627eaec6 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-12-24  Dan Nicolaescu  <dann@ics.uci.edu>
+
+        * subr.el (chmod): New defalias for set-file-modes.
+
 2008-12-23  Juri Linkov  <juri@jurta.org>
 
         * isearch.el (isearch-filter-predicate, isearch-search): Replace
diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index 67284c8753b..a7027b44fda 100644
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -1076,6 +1076,7 @@ to reread, so it now uses nil to mean `no event', instead of -1."
 (defalias 'search-backward-regexp (symbol-function 're-search-backward))
 (defalias 'int-to-string 'number-to-string)
 (defalias 'store-match-data 'set-match-data)
+(defalias 'chmod 'set-file-modes)
 ;; These are the XEmacs names:
 (defalias 'point-at-eol 'line-end-position)
 (defalias 'point-at-bol 'line-beginning-position)