doc/posix-functions/system.texi

   1 @node system
   2 @section @code{system}
   3 @findex system
   4
   5 POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/system.html}
   6
   7 LSB specification:@* @url{https://refspecs.linuxbase.org/LSB_5.0.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/baselib-system-3.html}
   8
   9 Gnulib module: system-posix
  10
  11 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
  12 @itemize
  13 @item
  14 The macros @code{WIFSIGNALED}, @code{WIFEXITED}, @code{WIFSTOPPED},
  15 @code{WTERMSIG}, @code{WEXITSTATUS}, @code{WNOHANG}, @code{WUNTRACED},
  16 @code{WSTOPSIG} are not defined in @code{<stdlib.h>} (only in
  17 @code{<sys/wait.h>}) on some platforms:
  18 MirBSD 10.
  19 @end itemize
  20
  21 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
  22 @itemize
  23 @item
  24 On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), the command processor used by the
  25 @code{system} function is @file{cmd.exe}, not @file{/bin/sh}.  Accordingly,
  26 the rules for quoting shell arguments containing spaces, quote or other special
  27 characters are different.
  28 @end itemize