ack/lang/cem/libcc/stdio/system.c
1987-03-31 10:45:53 +00:00

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/* $Header$ */
#include <signal.h>
system(str)
char *str;
{
int pid, exitstatus, waitval;
int i;
if ((pid = fork()) < 0) return -1;
if (pid == 0) {
for (i = 3; i <= 20; i++) close(i);
execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", str, (char *) 0);
/* get here if execl fails ... */
_exit(127); /* see manual page */
}
while ((waitval = wait(&exitstatus)) != pid) {
if (waitval == -1) break;
}
if (waitval == -1) {
/* no child ??? or maybe interrupted ??? */
exitstatus = -1;
}
return exitstatus;
}