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There's a bit more to it than that. system() actually exec()s your default shell, and passes the string to it to process, so you can for instance, use a pipeline and other shell features.

psusi
– psusi

2013-02-18 15:14:13 +00:00
Commented Feb 18, 2013 at 15:14
@psusi, not the user's default shell; it always executes /bin/sh

Charles Duffy
– Charles Duffy

2022-02-20 16:31:29 +00:00
Commented Feb 20, 2022 at 16:31

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