From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2007-04-26T03:41:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Is it possible to make system use bash instead of sh?

On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 12:18:04AM +0900, Wai Tsang wrote:
> Does anyone know if it is possible to use bash instead of sh as the
> default shell when "system" is executed?

system() with multiple arguments bypasses the shell. So try:

   system("/bin/bash", "-c", "java --version")