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system(3)							     system(3)

NAME
       system - Execute a shell command

SYNOPSIS
       #include <stdlib.h>

       int system(
	       const char *string );

LIBRARY
       Standard C Library (libc)

STANDARDS
       Interfaces  documented on this reference page conform to industry stan‐
       dards as follows:

       system():  XPG4, XPG4-UNIX

       Refer to the standards(5) reference page	 for  more  information	 about
       industry standards and associated tags.

PARAMETERS
       Specifies a valid sh shell command.

	      If  string is NULL (0), the system() function tests the accessi‐
	      bility of the sh command interpreter.

	      If string is not NULL, the system() function passes the  parame‐
	      ter  to the sh command, which interprets string as a command and
	      executes it.

DESCRIPTION
       The system() function passes the string parameter to  the  sh  command,
       which  interprets  string  as  a	 command and executes it. See sh(1) to
       determine which command interpreter is defined by sh on your system.

       The system() function invokes the fork() function  to  create  a	 child
       process	that in turn uses theexec function to run sh, which interprets
       the shell command  contained  in	 the  string  parameter.  The  current
       process waits until the shell has completed before returning.

RETURN VALUES
       If  the string parameter is NULL, the system() function returns 0 if it
       is unable to access the command interpreter or a non-zero value	if  sh
       is accessible.

       If  the string parameter is not NULL, upon successful completion by sh,
       the system() function returns the exit status of the shell  process  in
       the form that wait(2) returns. Otherwise, the system() function returns
       a value of -1 and sets errno to indicate the error.

       Exit status 127 indicates that the shell could not be executed.

       Note that the exit status should only be interpreted using  the	macros
       described in wait(2) and defined in thesys/wait.h header file.

ERRORS
       The  system()  function sets errno to the specified values for the fol‐
       lowing conditions: The status of the child process created by  system()
       is no longer available.

       In addition, the system() function may set errno values as described by
       fork().

SEE ALSO
       Functions: exec(2), exit(2), fork(2), wait(2)

       Commands: sh(1)

       Standards: standards(5)

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