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1.1       root        1: .TH SYSTEM 3
                      2: .CT 2 proc_man
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: system \(mi issue a shell command
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .nf
                      7: .B system(string)
                      8: .B char *string;
                      9: .fi
                     10: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     11: .I System
                     12: causes the command
                     13: \fLsh -c \fIstring\fR
                     14: to be executed.
                     15: The current process waits until the shell has
                     16: completed, then returns the exit status of the shell.
                     17: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     18: .IR popen (3),
                     19: .IR exec (2), 
                     20: .IR fork (2)
                     21: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     22: Exit status 127 indicates the shell couldn't be executed.

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