missing information in man 3 system

Erich Dollansky erichsfreebsdlist at alogt.com
Mon Feb 11 12:34:36 UTC 2013


Hi,

On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:59:17 +0200
Peter Pentchev <roam at ringlet.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 06:27:57PM +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > 	if (WIFEXITED(code)) {
> > > 		printf("The program exited with code %d\n",
> > > 		    WEXITSTATUS(code));
> > 
> > So, this is what I need.
> 
> Actually you need the whole set of tests, not just the WIFEXITED case,
> since the program you've ran through system() may have been killed by
> a signal or something.
> 
I am aware of this. This is what I need to get the results in case of a
normal program termination.

> Glad to have been of assistance!

Yes, made my life much easier.

Erich


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