SYSTEM(3)                            BSD                             SYSTEM(3)



NAME
     system - issue a shell command

SYNOPSIS
     system(string)
     char *string;

DESCRIPTION
     system causes the string to be given to 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.

SEE ALSO
     popen(3S), execve(2), wait(2)

DIAGNOSTICS
     Exit status 127 indicates the shell couldn't be executed.