[Bug c++/85226] system() gives pid 0 and doesn't launch the command

[redi at gcc dot gnu.org]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85226

Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |INVALID

--- Comment #5 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
system is not part of GCC anyway, so this is the wrong place to report problems
with it, but the answer is simple: system doesn't return a PID. It runs the
command, waits for it to finish (so the child PID is no longer valid anyway)
and then returns the "wait status" from the child as if by waitpid.