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+<h1>system function</h1>
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+<p>
+The <b>system</b> function is used to issue a command.
+Execution of your program will not continue until the command has completed.
+<p>
+
+<pre>
+Library: stdlib.h
+
+Prototype: int system(const char *cmd);
+
+Syntax: system( "cat /etc/hosts");
+
+Notes:
+ In Unix systems, the command is passed to "/bin/sh -c" for
+ execution. I do not know what handles the command in DOS systems.
+
+</pre>
+<img src="../../GRAPHICS/computer.gif"align=center>
+<a href="../EXAMPLES/system.c"> example program.</a>
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+<h2>See Also:</h2>
+<ul>
+<li><a href="popen.html">popen</a> Open a pipe.
+<li><a href="pclose.html">pclose</a> Close a pipe.
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+<address>Martin Leslie
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