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.TH RUN 3abz "March 2005" Unix "Library calls"
.SH NAME
run, vrun \- execute a command
.SH LIBRARIES
Abz Library (-labz), Debug Library (-ldebug)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <abz/run.h>
.sp
.BI "int vrun(const char *" fmt ", va_list " ap ");
.nl
.BI "int run(const char *" fmt ", ...);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Each function in the \fBrun\fP family executes a command with the specified
printf-style parameters. All input and output of the specified program is
discarded.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
These functions all return 0 if successful, -1 if some error
occurred. Call abz_get_error() to retrieve error messages.
.SH "NOTES"
None of the libabz routines are thread-safe. I'm not planning to change this
either! For more information, please see http://threading.2038bug.com/
.SH "AUTHOR"
Written by Abraham vd Merwe <abz@blio.com>
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