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+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# spawn [command [argument ...]]
+#
+spawn() {
+ set -euf
+
+ # create and change working directory
+ wd=`mktemp -d`
+ defer rmdir $wd
+ cd $wd
+
+ # create named pipes for the child process's stdio
+ mkfifo 0 1 2
+ defer rm 0 1 2
+
+ # spawn child process
+ (exec 0>&- 1>&- 2>&- 0<>0 1<>1 2<>2 "$@") &
+ pid=$!
+
+ # setup a trap to kill the child process if this (parent) process dies
+ defer kill $pid
+
+ # write child process's pid
+ echo $pid >pid
+ defer rm pid
+
+ # create dummy directory for easier debugging
+ mkdir -vp /tmp/dummy
+ ln -vsnf $wd/0 $wd/1 $wd/2 $wd/pid /tmp/dummy/
+ defer rm -v /tmp/dummy/0 /tmp/dummy/1 /tmp/dummy/2 /tmp/dummy/pid
+
+ # wait for the child process's
+ set +e
+ wait $pid
+ code=$?
+ set -e
+
+ # the child is already dead
+ cancel kill $pid
+
+ # return the same way wait did
+ (exit $code)
+}
+
+#
+# defer [command [argument ...]]
+#
+# Defer execution of a command. Deferred commands are executed in LIFO
+# order immediately before the script terminates. See (golang's defer
+# statement for more information how this should work).
+#
+defer() {
+ defer="$*${defer+
+$defer}"
+ trap "$defer" EXIT
+}
+
+#
+# cancel [command [argument ...]]
+#
+# Cancel a deferred command. The arguments have to match exactly a
+# prior defer call or else chaos and mayhem shall haunt thee and shi-
+#
+cancel() {
+ defer="`echo "$defer" | grep -Fxv "$*"`"
+ trap "$defer" EXIT
+}
+
+spawn "$@"