SYSTEM(3S)                                             SYSTEM(3S)



     NAME
          system - issue a shell command

     SYNOPSIS
          #include <stdio.h>

          int system (string)
          char *string;

     DESCRIPTION
          system causes the string to be given 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 Manual.

     DIAGNOSTICS
          system forks to create a child process that in turn exec's
          /bin/sh in order to execute string.  If the fork or exec
          fails, system returns a negative value and sets errno.

     ORIGIN
          AT&T V.3


























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