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+/* exechelp.h - Definitions for the fork and exec helpers
+ *	Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ *
+ * This file is part of GnuPG.
+ *
+ * GnuPG is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * GnuPG is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef GNUPG_COMMON_EXECHELP_H
+#define GNUPG_COMMON_EXECHELP_H
+
+
+
+/* Fork and exec the PGMNAME, connect the file descriptor of INFILE to
+   stdin, write the output to OUTFILE, return a new stream in
+   STATUSFILE for stderr and the pid of the process in PID. The
+   arguments for the process are expected in the NULL terminated array
+   ARGV.  The program name itself should not be included there.  if
+   PREEXEC is not NULL, that function will be called right before the
+   exec.  Returns 0 on success or an error code. */
+gpg_error_t gnupg_spawn_process (const char *pgmname, const char *argv[],
+                                 FILE *infile, FILE *outfile,
+                                 void (*preexec)(void),
+                                 FILE **statusfile, pid_t *pid);
+
+/* Wait for the process identified by PID to terminate. PGMNAME should
+   be the same as suplieed to the spawn fucntion and is only used for
+   diagnostics. Returns 0 if the process succeded, GPG_ERR_GENERAL for
+   any failures of the spawned program or other error codes.*/
+gpg_error_t gnupg_wait_process (const char *pgmname, pid_t pid);
+
+
+#endif /*GNUPG_COMMON_EXECHELP_H*/