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* [9fans] Unix system() like call?
@ 2006-10-28 21:36 ISHWAR RATTAN
  2006-10-28 22:25 ` Gorka guardiola
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From: ISHWAR RATTAN @ 2006-10-28 21:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans


Is there a system call (in Plan 9 or plan9port)
that will execute a given command at shell level
a la system() call under UNIX?

-ishwar



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* Re: [9fans] Unix system() like call?
  2006-10-28 21:36 [9fans] Unix system() like call? ISHWAR RATTAN
@ 2006-10-28 22:25 ` Gorka guardiola
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Gorka guardiola @ 2006-10-28 22:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs

System is not a system call, but library,
fork + preparation using getenv + exec of the shell with the program
as a parameter.

http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/functions/system.html

You have fork and exec...

On 10/28/06, ISHWAR RATTAN <rattan@cps.cmich.edu> wrote:
>
> Is there a system call (in Plan 9 or plan9port)
> that will execute a given command at shell level
> a la system() call under UNIX?
>
> -ishwar
>



-- 
- curiosity sKilled the cat


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