SYSTEM(3F)              COMMAND REFERENCE              SYSTEM(3F)



NAME
     system - execute a UTek command

SYNOPSIS
     integer function system (string)
     character*(*) string

DESCRIPTION
     System causes string to be given to your shell as input as
     if the string had been typed as a command.  If environment
     variable SHELL is found, its value will be used as the
     command interpreter (shell); otherwise sh(1sh) is used.

     The current process waits until the command terminates.  The
     returned value will be the exit status of the shell.  See
     wait(2) for an explanation of this value.

FILES
     /usr/lib/libU77.a
                    f77 UTek system interface library.

RETURN VALUE
     The returned value will be the exit status of the shell.
     See wait(2) for an explanation of this value.

CAVEATS
     String cannot be longer than NCARGS-50 characters, as
     defined in <sys/param.h>.

SEE ALSO
     execve(2), wait(2), and system(3s).
























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%%index%%
na:312,83;
sy:395,634;
de:1029,691;
fi:1720,191;
rv:1911,247;
ca:2158,199;
se:2357,181;
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