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Bug 138663
system(3) man page confuses users about "return value of 127"
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system.txt
system.txt (text/plain; charset=UTF-8), 488 bytes, created by
Sevan Janiyan
on 2014-05-30 20:42:15 UTC
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2014-05-30 20:42:15 UTC
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>Index: lib/libc/stdlib/system.3 >=================================================================== >--- lib/libc/stdlib/system.3 (revision 266890) >+++ lib/libc/stdlib/system.3 (working copy) >@@ -80,8 +80,10 @@ > .Xr fork 2 > or > .Xr waitpid 2 . >-A return value of 127 means the execution of the shell >-failed. >+If execution of the shell fails, >+.Fn system >+returns the termination status for a program that terminates with a call of >+.Xr exit 127 . > .Sh SEE ALSO > .Xr sh 1 , > .Xr execve 2 ,
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