system(3S)                                             system(3S)



NAME
     system - issues a shell command

SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdio.h>

     int system(string)
     char *string;

DESCRIPTION
     system causes string to be given to sh(1) input, as if the
     string had been typed as a command at a terminal.  The
     current process waits until the shell has completed and then
     returns the exit status of the shell.

STATUS MESSAGES AND VALUES
     The system program forks to create a child process that in
     turn performs exec(2) on /bin/sh in order to execute string.
     If fork or exec fails, system returns a negative value and
     sets errno.  If fork and exec succeed, the exit status of
     the shell is returned.

FILES
     /bin/sh
          Executable file

SEE ALSO
     exec(2)

     sh(1) in A/UX Command Reference

























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