SYSTEM(3)               GENIX Programmer's Manual               SYSTEM(3)



      NAME
           system - issue a shell command

      SYNOPSIS
           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 pro-
           cess waits until the shell has  completed,  then  returns  the  exit
           status of the shell.

      SEE ALSO
           popen(3), exec(2), wait(2)

      DIAGNOSTICS
           Exit status 127 indicates the shell couldn't be executed.





































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