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From: jeff@questar.QUESTAR.MN.ORG (Jeff Holmes)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Using 'system()' in Minix 1.2
Keywords: Unresolved Reference
Message-ID: <1966@questar.QUESTAR.MN.ORG>
Date: 27 Dec 88 19:04:49 GMT
Organization: Questar Data Systems; St. Paul, MN
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	I was compiling a program using V1.2 cc, my program
	does a system() call.  I got an unresolved reference
	for _exit.  So I checked libc.a and _exit obviously 
	wasn't there.  My question is, was libc.a intentionally
	distributed this way?  I also noticed that popen() calls
	_exit() directly and system() calls exit() is this just
	a matter of choice on the designer's part or is there
	a specific reason?  Anyway, can I just add _exit to 
	libc.a and recompile? or am I missing something here?

				Thanks 
					Jeff

	Thanks to the people who responded to my query about
	kermit on Minix 1.2.  I guess it's time to upgrade.
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