xref: /csrg-svn/lib/libc/stdlib/system.c (revision 36680)
1 /*
2  * Copyright (c) 1988 The Regents of the University of California.
3  * All rights reserved.
4  *
5  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
6  * provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
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10  * by the University of California, Berkeley.  The name of the
11  * University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
12  * from this software without specific prior written permission.
13  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
14  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
15  * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
16  */
17 
18 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
19 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)system.c	5.4 (Berkeley) 02/05/89";
20 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
21 
22 #include <sys/types.h>
23 #include <sys/wait.h>
24 #include <sys/signal.h>
25 #include <stdio.h>
26 
27 system(command)
28 	char *command;
29 {
30 	union wait pstat;
31 	pid_t pid, waitpid();
32 	int omask;
33 
34 	switch(pid = vfork()) {
35 	case -1:			/* error */
36 		pstat.w_status = 0;
37 		pstat.w_retcode = 127;
38 		return(pstat.w_status);
39 	case 0:				/* child */
40 		execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", command, (char *)NULL);
41 		_exit(127);
42 	}
43 	omask = sigblock(sigmask(SIGINT)|sigmask(SIGQUIT)|sigmask(SIGHUP));
44 	pid = waitpid(pid, &pstat, 0);
45 	(void)sigsetmask(omask);
46 	return(pid == -1 ? -1 : pstat.w_status);
47 }
48