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1 <refentry id="system">
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2 <refnamediv>
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3 <refname>System</refname>
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4 <refpurpose>shell command interpreter</refpurpose>
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5 </refnamediv>
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7 <refsynopsisdiv>
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8 <funcsynopsis>
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9 <funcprototype>
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10 <funcdef><function>system</function></funcdef>
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11 <paramdef>char *<parameter>string</parameter></paramdef>
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12 </funcprototype>
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13 </funcsynopsis>
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15 </refsynopsisdiv>
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17 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
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18 <para>
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19 System passes its argument to "shell" which executes it as a
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20 command line. The task is suspended until the shell command
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21 is completed and system returns the shell's exit status. The
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22 maximum length of string is 80 characters. If a longer string
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23 is needed, use os9fork.
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24 </para>
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25 </refsect1>
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26 <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
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27 <para>
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28 System calls
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29 <link linkend="os9fork">os9fork()</link>,
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30 <link linkend="wait">wait()</link>.
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31 </para>
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32 </refsect1>
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33 </refentry>
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