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+#ifndef process_h
+#define process_h
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+pid_t start_process(const char *name, int (*proc_func)(), void *user_arg, FILE **fdin, FILE **fdout);
+pid_t start_system_process(const char *name, const char *command, FILE **fdin, FILE **fdout);
+
+/* returns command's return status (see waitpid(2)) */
+int run_system_process(const char *name, const char *command);
+
+pid_t create_pipe_process(const char *name,
+ FILE *src,
+ FILE *dest,
+ const char *alreadyread,
+ size_t alreadyread_len);
+
+int wait_for_process(int pid);
+
+void kill_all_processes();
+
+#endif
+