[boost] [test] How to execute shell commands

Does the boost unit test frame work provide a way to write a test that executes a couple of shell commands? Specifically, I want to write a test that compiles a cmake project: https://github.com/boostorg/vmd/pull/4 https://github.com/boostorg/preprocessor/pull/20 what I need to do for that is essentially (on Linux): - mkdir <build_dir> - cd <build_dir> - cmake <source_dir> - cmake --build . Of course I can write a cpp program that uses std::system to execute those commands but I was wondering if there was a more direct way to do it. Best Mike