system(3) - Linux man page Name system - execute a shell command Synopsis #include <stdlib.h> int system(const char *command); Description system() executes a command specified in command by calling /bin/sh -c command, and returns after the command
In UNIX, as we’ve seen, each process is identified by its process identifier, which is a unique integer. A new process is created by the fork() system call. The new process consists of a copy of the address space of the original process. This mechani