On Apr 25, 2007, at 12:00 PM, Robert Klemme wrote: > On 25.04.2007 17:43, Bjöòn Paetzel wrote: >> Wai Tsang schrieb: >>> Does anyone know if it is possible to use bash instead of sh as the >>> default shell when "system" is executed? >> System() should always call /bin/sh (on a POSIX compliant system), > > Where did you get that information from? This behavior with respect to the Single Unix Specification is documented at: http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/system.html Gary Wright