Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 16:02:33 +0100 (CET) From: marc@bowtie.nl To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: docs/9701: error in system.3 Message-ID: <199901261502.QAA18733@bowtie.nl>
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>Number: 9701 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Error in manual page for system(3) >Confidential: yes >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jan 26 07:10:01 PST 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Marc van Kempen >Release: FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: 'man 3 system' fails to describe that the exit status for the system call is in the format specified by waitpid(2). >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Replace the third paragraph of the DESCRIPTION with the following one: The system() function returns the exit status of the shell in the format specified by waitpid(2), or -1 if the wait(2) for the shell failed. A return value of 127 means the execution of the shell failed. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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