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diff --git a/gnulib b/gnulib deleted file mode 160000 -Subproject 443bc5ffcf7429e557f4a371b0661abe98ddbc1 diff --git a/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/system.texi b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/system.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..efeab40 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/system.texi @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +@node system +@section @code{system} +@findex system + +POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/system.html} + +Gnulib module: system-posix + +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +The macros @code{WIFSIGNALED}, @code{WIFEXITED}, @code{WIFSTOPPED}, +@code{WTERMSIG}, @code{WEXITSTATUS}, @code{WNOHANG}, @code{WUNTRACED}, +@code{WSTOPSIG} are not defined in @code{<stdlib.h>} (only in +@code{<sys/wait.h>}) on some platforms: +MirBSD 10. +@end itemize + +Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), the command processor used by the +@code{system} function is @file{cmd.exe}, not @file{/bin/sh}. Accordingly, +the rules for quoting shell arguments containing spaces, quote or other special +characters are different. +@end itemize |