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function::system
Name
function::system — 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.

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