From fefbc57db0a7cb68dae2cafcd560dd7fb8540e63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 15:17:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] popen.3: Add a cross reference to Caveats in system(3) All of the same risks regarding system() also apply to popen(). Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man3/popen.3 | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/man3/popen.3 b/man3/popen.3 index 50c948166..59e71aec2 100644 --- a/man3/popen.3 +++ b/man3/popen.3 @@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008. The \(aqe\(aq value for .I type is a Linux extension. +.SH NOTES +.BR Note : +carefully read Caveats in +.BR system (3). .SH BUGS Since the standard input of a command opened for reading shares its seek offset with the process that called