system(3f) — RISC
NAME
system − execute a UNIX command
SYNTAX
integer function system ( string )
character*(*) string
DESCRIPTION
The system function causes the specified string to be given to your shell as input as if the string had been typed as a command. If the environment variable SHELL is found, its value will be used as the command interpreter (shell); otherwise sh is used.
The current process waits until the command terminates. The returned value will be the exit status of the shell. See wait() for an explanation of this value.
RESCTICTIONS
The string can not be longer than NCARGS−50 characters, as defined in <sys/param.h>.
FILES
/usr/lib/libU77.a