+ // kill the process with the given PID
+ static wxKillError Kill(int pid, wxSignal sig = wxSIGTERM, int flags = wxKILL_NOCHILDREN);
+
+ // test if the given process exists
+ static bool Exists(int pid);
+
+ // this function replaces the standard popen() one: it launches a process
+ // asynchronously and allows the caller to get the streams connected to its
+ // std{in|out|err}
+ //
+ // on error NULL is returned, in any case the process object will be
+ // deleted automatically when the process terminates and should *not* be
+ // deleted by the caller
+ static wxProcess *Open(const wxString& cmd, int flags = wxEXEC_ASYNC);
+
+
+ // ctors
+ wxProcess(wxEvtHandler *parent = NULL, int nId = wxID_ANY)
+ { Init(parent, nId, wxPROCESS_DEFAULT); }
+
+ wxProcess(int flags) { Init(NULL, wxID_ANY, flags); }
+
+ virtual ~wxProcess();
+
+ // get the process ID of the process executed by Open()
+ long GetPid() const { return m_pid; }
+
+ // may be overridden to be notified about process termination
+ virtual void OnTerminate(int pid, int status);
+
+ // call this before passing the object to wxExecute() to redirect the
+ // launched process stdin/stdout, then use GetInputStream() and
+ // GetOutputStream() to get access to them
+ void Redirect() { m_redirect = true; }
+ bool IsRedirected() const { return m_redirect; }
+
+ // detach from the parent - should be called by the parent if it's deleted
+ // before the process it started terminates
+ void Detach();
+
+#if wxUSE_STREAMS
+ // Pipe handling
+ wxInputStream *GetInputStream() const { return m_inputStream; }
+ wxInputStream *GetErrorStream() const { return m_errorStream; }
+ wxOutputStream *GetOutputStream() const { return m_outputStream; }
+
+ // close the output stream indicating that nothing more will be written
+ void CloseOutput() { delete m_outputStream; m_outputStream = NULL; }
+
+ // return true if the child process stdout is not closed
+ bool IsInputOpened() const;
+
+ // return true if any input is available on the child process stdout/err
+ bool IsInputAvailable() const;
+ bool IsErrorAvailable() const;
+
+ // implementation only (for wxExecute)
+ //
+ // NB: the streams passed here should correspond to the child process
+ // stdout, stdin and stderr and here the normal naming convention is
+ // used unlike elsewhere in this class
+ void SetPipeStreams(wxInputStream *outStream,
+ wxOutputStream *inStream,
+ wxInputStream *errStream);
+#endif // wxUSE_STREAMS
+
+ // implementation only - don't use!
+ // --------------------------------
+
+ // needs to be public since it needs to be used from wxExecute() global func
+ void SetPid(long pid) { m_pid = pid; }
+
+protected:
+ void Init(wxEvtHandler *parent, int id, int flags);
+
+ int m_id;
+ long m_pid;
+
+#if wxUSE_STREAMS
+ // these streams are connected to stdout, stderr and stdin of the child
+ // process respectively (yes, m_inputStream corresponds to stdout -- very
+ // confusing but too late to change now)
+ wxInputStream *m_inputStream,
+ *m_errorStream;
+ wxOutputStream *m_outputStream;
+#endif // wxUSE_STREAMS
+
+ bool m_redirect;
+
+ DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxProcess)
+ wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxProcess);
+};
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxProcess events
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxProcessEvent;
+
+wxDECLARE_EXPORTED_EVENT( WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE, wxEVT_END_PROCESS, wxProcessEvent );
+
+class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxProcessEvent : public wxEvent
+{
+public:
+ wxProcessEvent(int nId = 0, int pid = 0, int exitcode = 0) : wxEvent(nId)