Re: system(3) return code

On Mon, Nov 07, 2022 at 02:30:02PM -0500, Jan Schaumann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> system(3) has some awkward phrasing for the case where
> the execution of the shell fails:
> 
> "If execution of the shell fails, system() returns the
> termination status for a program that terminates with
> a call of exit(127)."

I read that as trying to say that e.g. wait(2) would give a status
where WIFEXITED(status) is true and WEXITSTATUS(status) returns 127.

Martin