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1.1       root        1: .\"    @(#)system.3    6.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85
                      2: .\"
                      3: .TH SYSTEM 3 "May 15, 1985"
                      4: .AT 3
                      5: .SH NAME
                      6: system \- issue a shell command
                      7: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      8: .nf
                      9: .B system(string)
                     10: .B char *string;
                     11: .fi
                     12: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     13: .I System
                     14: causes the
                     15: .I string
                     16: to be given to
                     17: .IR  sh (1)
                     18: as input as if the string had been typed as a command
                     19: at a terminal.
                     20: The current process waits until the shell has
                     21: completed, then returns the exit status of the shell.
                     22: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     23: popen(3S),
                     24: execve(2),
                     25: wait(2)
                     26: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     27: Exit status 127 indicates the shell couldn't be executed.

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