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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 >.

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