Understanding the Diagnostic Subsystem for AIX

diag_execute

Purpose

Executes an application. Does not depend on ASL initialization.

Syntax

#include    <diag/diago.h>

long  diag_execute ( command, options, exit_status )
char *command;
char *options;>
int  *exit_status;

Description

The diag_asl_execute subroutine forks and executes an application. This subroutine does not depend on ASL initialization, and it does not preserve the state of ASL.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
command	Command or application to run.
options	Character array, starting with the command, followed by any command arguments, ending with a NULL.
exit_status	Exit status returned from the command.

Return Value

The following values are returned:

Return Value	Description
0	Successful return.
-1	Error occurred.