bugfix: 'system' on windows is sane

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/pure/os.nim b/lib/pure/os.nim
index bb70f28b6..75adb1174 100644
--- a/lib/pure/os.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/os.nim
@@ -1037,7 +1037,10 @@ proc execShellCmd*(command: string): int {.rtl, extern: "nos$1",
   ## the process has finished. To execute a program without having a
   ## shell involved, use the `execProcess` proc of the `osproc`
   ## module.
-  result = c_system(command) shr 8
+  when defined(windows):
+    result = c_system(command)
+  else:
+    result = c_system(command) shr 8
 
 # Environment handling cannot be put into RTL, because the ``envPairs``
 # iterator depends on ``environment``.