SYSTEM(3F)                           BSD                            SYSTEM(3F)



NAME
     system - execute a UNIX command

SYNOPSIS
     integer function system (string)
     character*(*) string

DESCRIPTION
     system causes string to be given to your shell as input as if the string
     had been typed as a command.  If environment variable SHELL is found, its
     value will be used as the command interpreter (shell); otherwise sh(1) is
     used.

     The current process waits until the command terminates.  The returned
     value will be the exit status of the shell.  See wait(2) for an
     explanation of this value.

FILES
     /usr/lib/libU77.a

SEE ALSO
     exec(2), wait(2), system(3)

BUGS
     string can not be longer than NCARGS-50 characters, as defined in
     <sys/param.h>.