v7 man page for system

Query: system

OS: v7

Section: 3

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SYSTEM(3)						     Library Functions 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(3), exec(2), wait(2)
DIAGNOSTICS
Exit status 127 indicates the shell couldn't be executed. SYSTEM(3)
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