system(3s)
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system Subroutine
issue a shell command
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SYNTAX
#include <stdio.h>
int system (string)
char *string;
DESCRIPTION
System gives string to sh(1) as input, as if the string had been
typed as a command at a terminal. The current process waits
until the shell has completed, then returns the exit status of
the shell.
FILES
/bin/sh
SEE ALSO
exec(2).
sh(1) in the User's Reference for the DG/UX System.
DIAGNOSTICS
System forks to create a child process that in turn execs /bin/sh
in order to execute string. If the fork or exec fails, system
returns a negative value and sets errno.
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