1 .\" @(#)system.3 6.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85
3 .TH SYSTEM 3 "May 15, 1985"
6 system \- issue a shell command
12 int system(const char *\fIstring\fP)
20 as input as if the string had been typed as a command
22 The current process waits until the shell has
23 completed, then returns the exit status of the shell.
30 Exit status 127 indicates the shell couldn't be executed.