* doc/dejagnu.texi (getdirs procedure): Improve documentation

	including documenting the -all option.
	(find procedure): Fix a typo.
	* lib/utils.exp (getdirs): Improve comments.

3 files changed, 25 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2a05040..e70aa62 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2018-11-23  Ben Elliston  <bje@gnu.org>
+
+	* doc/dejagnu.texi (getdirs procedure): Improve documentation
+	including documenting the -all option.
+	(find procedure): Fix a typo.
+	* lib/utils.exp (getdirs): Improve comments.
+
 2018-11-22  Jacob Bachmeyer  <jcb62281@gmail.com>
 
 	* runtest.exp: Ensure that multipass pass variables are always
diff --git a/doc/dejagnu.texi b/doc/dejagnu.texi
index 70b5c0e..e72118d 100644
--- a/doc/dejagnu.texi
+++ b/doc/dejagnu.texi
@@ -4539,21 +4539,28 @@ tool, and its version number.
 @node getdirs procedure, find procedure, , Utility Procedures
 @subsubsection getdirs Procedure
 
-Returns a list of all the directories in the single directory a single
-directory that match an optional pattern.
+Returns a list of all the subdirectories in a single directory that
+match a glob pattern.
 
 @quotation
-@t{@b{getdirs}@{@i{rootdir}
+@t{@b{getdirs}@{@i{-all}
+@i{rootdir}
 @i{pattern}@}}
 @end quotation
 
 @table @asis
-@item @code{args}
+
+@item @code{-all}
+If this option is given, then subdirectories will be matched
+recursively.
+
+@item @code{rootdir}
+The top level directory to start the search from.
 
 @item @code{pattern}
-If you do not specify @code{pattern}, @code{Getdirs} assumes a default
-pattern of @emph{*}. You may use the common shell wildcard characters in
-the pattern. If no directories match the pattern, then a NULL string is
+If you do not specify @code{pattern}, @code{getdirs} uses a default
+pattern of @code{*}. You may use the common shell wildcard characters in
+the pattern. If no directories match the pattern, then an empty list is
 returned.
 @end table
 
@@ -4575,7 +4582,7 @@ pattern, then a NULL string is returned.
 @table @asis
 
 @item @code{rootdir}
-The top level directory to search the search from.
+The top level directory to start the search from.
 
 @item @code{pattern}
 A csh "glob" style regular expression representing the files to find.
diff --git a/lib/utils.exp b/lib/utils.exp
index eca82d9..3b94499 100644
--- a/lib/utils.exp
+++ b/lib/utils.exp
@@ -24,12 +24,10 @@
 
 
 # Gets the directories in a directory, or in a directory tree.
-#     args: the first is the dir to look in, the next
-#         is the pattern to match. It
-#         defaults to *. Patterns are csh style
-#	  globbing rules
+#     args: the first is the directory to look in, the next is the
+#         glob pattern to match (default "*").
 #     options: -all  search the tree recursively
-#     returns: a list of dirs or NULL; the root directory is not returned.
+#     returns: a list of directories excluding the root directory
 #
 proc getdirs { args } {
     if { [lindex $args 0] == "-all" } {