Return to system.3 CVS log

Up to [CSRG BSD Unix] / 43BSDReno / share / man / man3f

Annotation of 43BSDReno/share/man/man3f/system.3, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)system.3f   6.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH SYSTEM 3F "May 15, 1985"
        !             8: .UC 5
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: system \- execute a \s-2UNIX\s0 command
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B integer function system (string)
        !            13: .br
        !            14: .B character*(*) string
        !            15: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            16: .I System
        !            17: causes
        !            18: .I string
        !            19: to be given to your shell
        !            20: as input as if the string had been typed as a command.
        !            21: If environment variable
        !            22: .B SHELL
        !            23: is found, its value will be used as the command interpreter (shell);
        !            24: otherwise
        !            25: .IR sh (1)
        !            26: is used.
        !            27: .PP
        !            28: The current process waits until the command terminates.
        !            29: The returned value will be the exit status of the shell.
        !            30: See
        !            31: .IR wait (2)
        !            32: for an explanation of this value.
        !            33: .SH FILES
        !            34: .ie \nM /usr/ucb/lib/libU77.a
        !            35: .el /usr/lib/libU77.a
        !            36: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            37: exec(2), wait(2), system(3)
        !            38: .SH BUGS
        !            39: .I String
        !            40: can not be longer than NCARGS\-50 characters, as defined in
        !            41: .RI < sys/param.h >.

This archive runs on limited infrastructure. Preserving old code on modern bandwidth. Automated agents are requested to crawl responsibly.