Compaq Fortran for Tru64 UNIX Alpha Systems V5.4

system (3f)


Syntax

  integer system
  external system
  type *, system ('ls')

Description

  The system function calls system(3), which invokes sh(1) by default.  The
  argument passed is a single Fortran character string.  The string is given
  to sh(1) as input, just as if the string had been typed as a command at a
  terminal.

See Also

  sh(1), system(3)