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Issue a command to the system
Synopsis
system(cmd:string)
Arguments
- cmd
the command to issue to the system
Description
This function runs a command on the system. The command is started in the background some time after the current probe completes. The command is run with the same UID as the user running the stap or staprun command. The runtime may impose a relatively short length limit on the command string. Exceeding it may print a warning.
See Also0
tapset::system(3stap)
Info
November 2024 SystemTap Tapset Reference Shell command functions