+struct GNUNET_OS_Process *
+GNUNET_OS_start_process_s (int pipe_control,
+ unsigned int std_inheritance,
+ const SOCKTYPE * lsocks,
+ const char *filename, ...);
+
+
+/**
+ * Handle to a command action.
+ */
+struct GNUNET_OS_CommandHandle;
+
+
+/**
+ * Type of a function to process a line of output.
+ *
+ * @param cls closure
+ * @param line line of output from a command, NULL for the end
+ */
+typedef void
+(*GNUNET_OS_LineProcessor) (void *cls, const char *line);
+
+
+/**
+ * Stop/kill a command.
+ *
+ * @param cmd handle to the process
+ */
+void
+GNUNET_OS_command_stop (struct GNUNET_OS_CommandHandle *cmd);
+
+
+/**
+ * Run the given command line and call the given function
+ * for each line of the output.
+ *
+ * @param proc function to call for each line of the output
+ * @param proc_cls closure for proc
+ * @param timeout when to time out
+ * @param binary command to run
+ * @param ... arguments to command
+ * @return NULL on error
+ */
+struct GNUNET_OS_CommandHandle *
+GNUNET_OS_command_run (GNUNET_OS_LineProcessor proc,
+ void *proc_cls,
+ struct GNUNET_TIME_Relative timeout,
+ const char *binary,
+ ...);
+
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the status of a process, waiting on it if dead.
+ * Nonblocking version.
+ *
+ * @param proc pointer to process structure
+ * @param type status type
+ * @param code return code/signal number
+ * @return #GNUNET_OK on success, #GNUNET_NO if the process is still running, #GNUNET_SYSERR otherwise
+ */
+int
+GNUNET_OS_process_status (struct GNUNET_OS_Process *proc,
+ enum GNUNET_OS_ProcessStatusType *type,
+ unsigned long *code);
+
+
+/**
+ * Wait for a process to terminate. The return code is discarded.
+ * You must not use #GNUNET_OS_process_status() on the same process
+ * after calling this function! This function is blocking and should
+ * thus only be used if the child process is known to have terminated
+ * or to terminate very soon.
+ *
+ * @param proc pointer to process structure of the process to wait for
+ * @return #GNUNET_OK on success, #GNUNET_SYSERR otherwise
+ */
+int
+GNUNET_OS_process_wait (struct GNUNET_OS_Process *proc);
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the status of a process, waiting on it if dead.
+ * Blocking version.
+ *
+ * @param proc pointer to process structure
+ * @param type status type
+ * @param code return code/signal number
+ * @return #GNUNET_OK on success, #GNUNET_NO if the process is still running, #GNUNET_SYSERR otherwise
+ */
+int
+GNUNET_OS_process_wait_status (struct GNUNET_OS_Process *proc,
+ enum GNUNET_OS_ProcessStatusType *type,
+ unsigned long *code);
+
+
+/**
+ * Connects this process to its parent via pipe;
+ * essentially, the parent control handler will read signal numbers
+ * from the #GNUNET_OS_CONTROL_PIPE (as given in an environment
+ * variable) and raise those signals.
+ *
+ * @param cls closure (unused)
+ */
+void
+GNUNET_OS_install_parent_control_handler (void *cls);
+
+
+/**
+ * Check whether an executable exists and possibly
+ * if the suid bit is set on the file.
+ * Attempts to find the file using the current
+ * PATH environment variable as a search path.
+ *
+ * @param binary the name of the file to check.
+ * W32: must not have an .exe suffix.
+ * @param check_suid input true if the binary should be checked for SUID (*nix)
+ * W32: checks if the program has sufficient privileges by executing this
+ * binary with the -d flag. -d omits a programs main loop and only
+ * executes all privileged operations in an binary.
+ * @param params parameters used for w32 privilege checking (can be NULL for != w32, or when not checking for suid/permissions )
+ * @return #GNUNET_YES if the file is SUID (*nix) or can be executed with current privileges (W32),
+ * #GNUNET_NO if not SUID (but binary exists),
+ * #GNUNET_SYSERR on error (no such binary or not executable)
+ */
+int
+GNUNET_OS_check_helper_binary (const char *binary,
+ int check_suid,
+ const char *params);
+