# 2.11BSD#431 - /usr/man/cat3/system.0

    SYSTEM(3)	    UNIX 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 process waits until the shell has completed, then
         returns the exit status of the shell.

    SEE ALSO
         popen(3S), execve(2), wait(2)

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

    Printed 11/26/99	  May 15, 1985				1

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