Online HelpPC 2.10      Quick Reference Utility     Copyright 1991 David Jurgens

 
                      int system( const char *command )                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
        - prototype in stdlib.h                                                 
                                                                                
        - invokes MS-DOS COMMAND.COM to execute "command", returning exit       
          status of COMMAND.COM;  the COMSPEC environment variable is           
          automatically searched if necessary                                   
        - a CR/LF pair in the command string will result in an error            
        - see   exec...   spawn...                                              
                                                                                
 

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