system(3F) system(3F)NAME system - issues a shell command from Fortran SYNOPSIS character *N c call system(c) DESCRIPTION system causes its character argument to be given to sh(1) as input, as if the string had been typed at a terminal. The current process waits until the shell has completed. SEE ALSO exec(2), system(3S) sh(1) in A/UX Command Reference January 1992 1