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| author | Joseph Koshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-01-27 03:54:09 +0000 |
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| committer | Joseph Koshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-01-27 03:54:09 +0000 |
| commit | 221188c6cb6227fcbc4124885083e8196cc84f22 (patch) | |
| tree | 11fe7bc6b2c459b8f9b044cf8322a3f73b060b7c /lib/libc | |
| parent | b6c8511860651a2313da286d8ada8a2c7d498120 (diff) | |
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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/stdlib/system.3 | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/system.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/system.3 index 9b82e7b9e775..fa7b8d23886e 100644 --- a/lib/libc/stdlib/system.3 +++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/system.3 @@ -75,15 +75,19 @@ is available, and zero if it is not. The .Fn system function -returns the exit status of the shell, or \-1 if the -.Xr wait 2 -for the shell failed. +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 wait 2 , +.Xr fork 2 , +.Xr waitpid 2 , .Xr popen 3 .Sh STANDARDS The |