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    Length: 557 (0x22d)
    Types: TextFile
    Notes: UNIX file
    Names: »system.3«

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└─⟦26887b7e0⟧ Bits:30009717 Comet 32 harddisk image
    └─⟦28c352965⟧ »/a« UNIX Filesystem
        └─⟦this⟧ »usr/man/man3/system.3«

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	@(#)system.3	2.1	7/1/84
	@(#)Copyright (C) 1983 by National Semiconductor Corp.
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.TH SYSTEM 3
.SH NAME
system \- issue a shell command
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B system(string)
.B char *string;
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I System
causes the
.I string
to be given to
.IR  sh (1)
as input as if the string had been typed as a command
at a terminal.
The current process waits until the shell has
completed, then returns the exit status of the shell.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
popen(3),
exec(2), wait(2)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
Exit status 127 indicates the shell couldn't be executed.