diff -r 000000000000 -r bde4ae8d615e os/ossrv/stdcpp/tsrc/Stdcpp_test/stdcxx/testengine/src/system.cpp
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/os/ossrv/stdcpp/tsrc/Stdcpp_test/stdcxx/testengine/src/system.cpp	Fri Jun 15 03:10:57 2012 +0200
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+/************************************************************************
+ *
+ * system.cpp - definitions of testsuite helpers
+ *
+ * $Id: system.cpp 290012 2005-09-18 23:38:12Z sebor $
+ *
+ ************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 1994-2005 Quovadx,  Inc., acting through its  Rogue Wave
+ * Software division. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License");  you may  not use this file except  in compliance with the
+ * License.    You    may   obtain   a   copy   of    the   License    at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.    Unless   required    by
+ * applicable law  or agreed to  in writing,  software  distributed under
+ * the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR
+ * CONDITIONS OF  ANY KIND, either  express or implied.  See  the License
+ * for the specific language governing permissions  and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ * 
+ **************************************************************************/
+
+// expand _TEST_EXPORT macros
+#define _RWSTD_TEST_SRC
+
+#include <system.h>
+
+#include <driver.h>
+#include <printf.h>
+
+#include <stdarg.h>   // for va_copy, va_list, ...
+#include <stdlib.h>   // for system
+
+#if !defined  (_WIN32) && !defined (_WIN64)
+#  include <unistd.h>
+#  include <sys/wait.h>   // for WIFEXITED(), WIFSIGNALED(), WTERMSIG()
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __SYMBIAN32__
+#include <assert.h>
+#endif
+
+/**************************************************************************/
+
+_TEST_EXPORT int
+rw_vasnprintf (char**, size_t*, const char*, va_list);
+
+/**************************************************************************/
+
+static int
+_rw_vsystem (const char *cmd, va_list va)
+{
+    _RWSTD_ASSERT (0 != cmd);
+
+    char buffer [256];
+    char *buf = buffer;
+
+    size_t bufsize = sizeof buffer;
+
+    rw_vasnprintf (&buf, &bufsize, cmd, va);
+
+    rw_note (0, __FILE__, __LINE__,
+             "executing \"%s\"", buf);
+
+    const int ret = system (buf);
+
+    if (ret) {
+
+#if !defined (_WIN32)
+
+        if (-1 == ret) {
+            // system() failed, e.g., because fork() failed
+            rw_error (0, __FILE__, __LINE__,
+                      "system (\"%s\") failed: errno = %{#m} (%{m})", buf);
+        }
+        else if (WIFSIGNALED (ret)) {
+            // command exited with a signal
+            const int signo = WTERMSIG (ret);
+
+            rw_error (0, __FILE__, __LINE__,
+                      "the command \"%s\" exited with signal %d (%{K})",
+                      buf, signo, signo);
+        }
+        else {
+            // command exited with a non-zero status
+            const int status = WEXITSTATUS (ret);
+
+            rw_error (0, __FILE__, __LINE__,
+                      "the command \"%s\" exited with status %d",
+                      buf, status);
+        }
+#else   // if defined (_WIN32)
+
+        // FIXME: make this more descriptive
+        rw_error (0, __FILE__, __LINE__,
+                  "the command \"%s\" failed with code %d",
+                  buf, ret);
+
+#endif   // _WIN32
+
+    }
+
+    if (buf != buffer)
+        free (buf);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+/**************************************************************************/
+
+_TEST_EXPORT int
+rw_system (const char *cmd, ...)
+{
+    va_list va;
+    va_start (va, cmd);
+
+    const int ret = _rw_vsystem (cmd, va);
+
+    va_end (va);
+    return ret;
+}