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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/stdlib/system.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/stdlib/system.3 | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/system.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/system.3 index 985adb07de0..f2d26936779 100644 --- a/lib/libc/stdlib/system.3 +++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/system.3 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: system.3,v 1.5 1996/12/11 23:09:53 tholo Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: system.3,v 1.6 1999/06/29 18:36:24 aaron Exp $ .\" .Dd June 29, 1991 .Dt SYSTEM 3 @@ -70,18 +70,18 @@ pointer, will return non-zero. Otherwise, .Fn system -returns the termination status of the shell in the format specified by +returns the termination status of the shell in the format specified by .Xr waitpid 2 . -.Sh RETURN VALUES +.Sh RETURN VALUES If a child process cannot be created, or the termination status of -the shell cannot be obtained, +the shell cannot be obtained, .Fn system -returns -1 and sets +returns \-1 and sets .Va errno to indicate the error. -If execution of the shell fails, +If execution of the shell fails, .Fn system -returns the termination status for a program that terminates with a call of +returns the termination status for a program that terminates with a call of .Fn exit 127 . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr sh 1 , @@ -93,6 +93,6 @@ The .Fn system function conforms to -.St -ansiC +.St -ansiC and .St -p1003.2-92 . |