freebsd-dev/lib/libc/stdlib/system.3

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.Dd June 4, 1993
.Dt SYSTEM 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm system
.Nd pass a command to the shell
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In stdlib.h
.Ft int
.Fn system "const char *string"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn system
function
hands the argument
.Fa string
to the command interpreter
.Xr sh 1 .
The calling process waits for the shell
to finish executing the command,
ignoring
.Dv SIGINT
and
.Dv SIGQUIT ,
and blocking
.Dv SIGCHLD .
.Pp
If
.Fa string
is a
.Dv NULL
pointer,
.Fn system
will return non-zero if the command interpreter
.Xr sh 1
is available, and zero if it is not.
.Pp
The
.Fn system
function
returns the exit status of the shell as returned by
.Xr waitpid 2 ,
or \-1 if an error occurred when invoking
.Xr fork 2
or
.Xr waitpid 2 .
A return value of 127 means the execution of the shell
failed.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr sh 1 ,
.Xr execve 2 ,
.Xr fork 2 ,
.Xr waitpid 2 ,
.Xr popen 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn system
function
conforms to
.St -isoC
and is expected to be
.St -p1003.2
compatible.
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			`.\" @(#)system.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93`
$Id$ -> $FreeBSD$ 1999-08-28 00:22:10 +00:00			`.\" $FreeBSD$`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.\"`
			`.Dd June 4, 1993`
			`.Dt SYSTEM 3`
			`.Os`
			`.Sh NAME`
			`.Nm system`
			`.Nd pass a command to the shell`
Introduce ".Lb" macro to libc manpages. More libraries manpages updates following. 2000-04-21 09:42:15 +00:00			`.Sh LIBRARY`
			`.Lb libc`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.Sh SYNOPSIS`
Move to using .In instead of .Fd #include <> for include mark-up. Inspired by comment from: dd 2001-09-07 14:46:36 +00:00			`.In stdlib.h`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.Ft int`
			`.Fn system "const char *string"`
			`.Sh DESCRIPTION`
			`The`
			`.Fn system`
			`function`
			`hands the argument`
			`.Fa string`
			`to the command interpreter`
			`.Xr sh 1 .`
			`The calling process waits for the shell`
			`to finish executing the command,`
			`ignoring`
			`.Dv SIGINT`
			`and`
			`.Dv SIGQUIT ,`
			`and blocking`
			`.Dv SIGCHLD .`
			`.Pp`
			`If`
			`.Fa string`
			`is a`
			`.Dv NULL`
			`pointer,`
			`.Fn system`
			`will return non-zero if the command interpreter`
			`.Xr sh 1`
			`is available, and zero if it is not.`
			`.Pp`
			`The`
			`.Fn system`
			`function`
Clarify format of exit status code. Note when a return code of -1 can be expected. PR: docs/9701 Submitted by: Marc van Kempen <marc@bowtie.nl> 1999-01-27 03:54:09 +00:00			`returns the exit status of the shell as returned by`
			`.Xr waitpid 2 ,`
Remove whitespace at EOL. 2001-07-15 07:53:42 +00:00			`or \-1 if an error occurred when invoking`
Clarify format of exit status code. Note when a return code of -1 can be expected. PR: docs/9701 Submitted by: Marc van Kempen <marc@bowtie.nl> 1999-01-27 03:54:09 +00:00			`.Xr fork 2`
Remove whitespace at EOL. 2001-07-15 07:53:42 +00:00			`or`
Clarify format of exit status code. Note when a return code of -1 can be expected. PR: docs/9701 Submitted by: Marc van Kempen <marc@bowtie.nl> 1999-01-27 03:54:09 +00:00			`.Xr waitpid 2 .`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`A return value of 127 means the execution of the shell`
			`failed.`
			`.Sh SEE ALSO`
			`.Xr sh 1 ,`
			`.Xr execve 2 ,`
Clarify format of exit status code. Note when a return code of -1 can be expected. PR: docs/9701 Submitted by: Marc van Kempen <marc@bowtie.nl> 1999-01-27 03:54:09 +00:00			`.Xr fork 2 ,`
			`.Xr waitpid 2 ,`
BSD 4.4 Lite Lib Sources 1994-05-27 05:00:24 +00:00			`.Xr popen 3`
			`.Sh STANDARDS`
			`The`
			`.Fn system`
			`function`
			`conforms to`
Remove spurious period. 2002-05-27 03:45:27 +00:00			`.St -isoC`
Submitted by: (based on code in "Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment" by W.Richard Ste vens. EINTR handling suggested by bde@freebsd.org). Code cleanup: 1. Add missing return type. 2. Replace 'union wait' by int. 3. Use Posix-style signal handling instead of signal(). 4. Use fork() instead of deprecated vfork(). 5. Block signals before fork()'ing, instead of after. 6. Return -1 if fork() fails, instead of 0. 7. Add EINTR handling for waitpid() call. Also add claim of Posix conformance to man page. 1996-06-05 00:08:54 +00:00			`and is expected to be`
			`.St -p1003.2`
			`compatible.`