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

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

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 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