Re: system() does not wait

[jesuashok]

Hi

System function calls fork intern.

So SCRIPT2 will act as a child process. I mean "SCRIPT2" finishes it process before SCRIPT1 finishes

That is the reason It happens like this

Solution:

Use sleep to wait for the Child process finishes.

Or else use fork and wait functions

[GrandFather]

Although System performs a fork, it then waits until the child process has completed and returns the exit status of the child process. OP's expectation is reasonable, there is something more subtle going on.