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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// Name:        utilsunx.cpp
-// Purpose:     generic Unix implementation of many wx functions
+// Name:        src/unix/utilsunx.cpp
+// Purpose:     generic Unix implementation of many wx functions (for wxBase)
 // Author:      Vadim Zeitlin
 // Id:          $Id$
 // Copyright:   (c) 1998 Robert Roebling, Vadim Zeitlin
 // headers
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#include "wx/defs.h"
-#include "wx/string.h"
-
-#include "wx/intl.h"
-#include "wx/log.h"
+// for compilers that support precompilation, includes "wx.h".
+#include "wx/wxprec.h"
 
 #include "wx/utils.h"
+
+#define USE_PUTENV (!defined(HAVE_SETENV) && defined(HAVE_PUTENV))
+
+#ifndef WX_PRECOMP
+    #include "wx/string.h"
+    #include "wx/intl.h"
+    #include "wx/log.h"
+    #include "wx/app.h"
+    #include "wx/wxcrtvararg.h"
+    #if USE_PUTENV
+        #include "wx/module.h"
+        #include "wx/hashmap.h"
+    #endif
+#endif
+
+#include "wx/apptrait.h"
+
 #include "wx/process.h"
+#include "wx/thread.h"
+
+#include "wx/cmdline.h"
 
+#include "wx/wfstream.h"
+
+#include "wx/private/selectdispatcher.h"
+#include "wx/private/fdiodispatcher.h"
 #include "wx/unix/execute.h"
+#include "wx/unix/private.h"
+
+#ifdef wxHAS_GENERIC_PROCESS_CALLBACK
+#include "wx/private/fdiodispatcher.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <pwd.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>       // waitpid()
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H
+#   include <sys/select.h>
+#endif
+
+#define HAS_PIPE_INPUT_STREAM (wxUSE_STREAMS && wxUSE_FILE)
+
+#if HAS_PIPE_INPUT_STREAM
+
+// define this to let wxexec.cpp know that we know what we're doing
+#define _WX_USED_BY_WXEXECUTE_
+#include "../common/execcmn.cpp"
+
+#endif // HAS_PIPE_INPUT_STREAM
+
+#if defined(__MWERKS__) && defined(__MACH__)
+    #ifndef WXWIN_OS_DESCRIPTION
+        #define WXWIN_OS_DESCRIPTION "MacOS X"
+    #endif
+    #ifndef HAVE_NANOSLEEP
+        #define HAVE_NANOSLEEP
+    #endif
+    #ifndef HAVE_UNAME
+        #define HAVE_UNAME
+    #endif
+
+    // our configure test believes we can use sigaction() if the function is
+    // available but Metrowekrs with MSL run-time does have the function but
+    // doesn't have sigaction struct so finally we can't use it...
+    #ifdef __MSL__
+        #undef wxUSE_ON_FATAL_EXCEPTION
+        #define wxUSE_ON_FATAL_EXCEPTION 0
+    #endif
+#endif
+
+// not only the statfs syscall is called differently depending on platform, but
+// one of its incarnations, statvfs(), takes different arguments under
+// different platforms and even different versions of the same system (Solaris
+// 7 and 8): if you want to test for this, don't forget that the problems only
+// appear if the large files support is enabled
+#ifdef HAVE_STATFS
+    #ifdef __BSD__
+        #include <sys/param.h>
+        #include <sys/mount.h>
+    #else // !__BSD__
+        #include <sys/vfs.h>
+    #endif // __BSD__/!__BSD__
+
+    #define wxStatfs statfs
+
+    #ifndef HAVE_STATFS_DECL
+        // some systems lack statfs() prototype in the system headers (AIX 4)
+        extern "C" int statfs(const char *path, struct statfs *buf);
+    #endif
+#endif // HAVE_STATFS
+
+#ifdef HAVE_STATVFS
+    #include <sys/statvfs.h>
+
+    #define wxStatfs statvfs
+#endif // HAVE_STATVFS
+
+#if defined(HAVE_STATFS) || defined(HAVE_STATVFS)
+    // WX_STATFS_T is detected by configure
+    #define wxStatfs_t WX_STATFS_T
+#endif
+
+// SGI signal.h defines signal handler arguments differently depending on
+// whether _LANGUAGE_C_PLUS_PLUS is set or not - do set it
+#if defined(__SGI__) && !defined(_LANGUAGE_C_PLUS_PLUS)
+    #define _LANGUAGE_C_PLUS_PLUS 1
+#endif // SGI hack
 
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
-#include <pwd.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>          // for O_WRONLY and friends
 #include <time.h>           // nanosleep() and/or usleep()
 #include <ctype.h>          // isspace()
+#include <sys/time.h>       // needed for FD_SETSIZE
 
-// JACS: needed for FD_SETSIZE
-#include <sys/time.h>
-
-#if HAVE_UNAME
+#ifdef HAVE_UNAME
     #include <sys/utsname.h> // for uname()
 #endif // HAVE_UNAME
 
+// Used by wxGetFreeMemory().
+#ifdef __SGI__
+    #include <sys/sysmp.h>
+    #include <sys/sysinfo.h>   // for SAGET and MINFO structures
+#endif
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // conditional compilation
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // headers - please add your system here if it is the case for your OS.
 // SunOS < 5.6 (i.e. Solaris < 2.6) and DG-UX are like this.
 #if !defined(HAVE_USLEEP) && \
-    (defined(__SUN__) && !defined(__SunOs_5_6) && \
+    ((defined(__SUN__) && !defined(__SunOs_5_6) && \
                          !defined(__SunOs_5_7) && !defined(__SUNPRO_CC)) || \
-     defined(__osf__) || defined(__EMX__)
+     defined(__osf__) || defined(__EMX__))
     extern "C"
     {
-        #ifdef __SUN__
-            int usleep(unsigned int usec);
-        #else // !Sun
-        #ifdef __EMX
+        #ifdef __EMX__
             /* I copied this from the XFree86 diffs. AV. */
             #define INCL_DOSPROCESS
             #include <os2.h>
-            void usleep(unsigned long delay)
+            inline void usleep(unsigned long delay)
             {
                 DosSleep(delay ? (delay/1000l) : 1l);
             }
-        #else
-            void usleep(unsigned long usec);
-        #endif
-        #endif // Sun/EMX/Something else
+        #else // Unix
+            int usleep(unsigned int usec);
+        #endif // __EMX__/Unix
     };
-#define HAVE_USLEEP 1
+
+    #define HAVE_USLEEP 1
 #endif // Unices without usleep()
 
 // ============================================================================
@@ -93,16 +194,16 @@ void wxSleep(int nSecs)
     sleep(nSecs);
 }
 
-void wxUsleep(unsigned long milliseconds)
+void wxMicroSleep(unsigned long microseconds)
 {
-#if HAVE_NANOSLEEP
+#if defined(HAVE_NANOSLEEP)
     timespec tmReq;
-    tmReq.tv_sec = milliseconds / 1000;
-    tmReq.tv_nsec = (milliseconds % 1000) * 1000 * 1000;
+    tmReq.tv_sec = (time_t)(microseconds / 1000000);
+    tmReq.tv_nsec = (microseconds % 1000000) * 1000;
 
     // we're not interested in remaining time nor in return value
-    (void)nanosleep(&tmReq, (timespec *)NULL);
-#elif HAVE_USLEEP
+    (void)nanosleep(&tmReq, NULL);
+#elif defined(HAVE_USLEEP)
     // uncomment this if you feel brave or if you are sure that your version
     // of Solaris has a safe usleep() function but please notice that usleep()
     // is known to lead to crashes in MT programs in Solaris 2.[67] and is not
@@ -111,310 +212,471 @@ void wxUsleep(unsigned long milliseconds)
         #error "usleep() cannot be used in MT programs under Solaris."
     #endif // Sun
 
-    usleep(milliseconds * 1000); // usleep(3) wants microseconds
+    usleep(microseconds);
+#elif defined(HAVE_SLEEP)
+    // under BeOS sleep() takes seconds (what about other platforms, if any?)
+    sleep(microseconds * 1000000);
 #else // !sleep function
-    #error "usleep() or nanosleep() function required for wxUsleep"
+    #error "usleep() or nanosleep() function required for wxMicroSleep"
 #endif // sleep function
 }
 
+void wxMilliSleep(unsigned long milliseconds)
+{
+    wxMicroSleep(milliseconds*1000);
+}
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // process management
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-int wxKill(long pid, wxSignal sig)
+int wxKill(long pid, wxSignal sig, wxKillError *rc, int flags)
 {
-    return kill(pid, (int)sig);
-}
+    int err = kill((pid_t) (flags & wxKILL_CHILDREN) ? -pid : pid, (int)sig);
+    if ( rc )
+    {
+        switch ( err ? errno : 0 )
+        {
+            case 0:
+                *rc = wxKILL_OK;
+                break;
 
-#define WXEXECUTE_NARGS   127
+            case EINVAL:
+                *rc = wxKILL_BAD_SIGNAL;
+                break;
 
-long wxExecute( const wxString& command, bool sync, wxProcess *process )
-{
-    wxCHECK_MSG( !command.IsEmpty(), 0, wxT("can't exec empty command") );
+            case EPERM:
+                *rc = wxKILL_ACCESS_DENIED;
+                break;
+
+            case ESRCH:
+                *rc = wxKILL_NO_PROCESS;
+                break;
+
+            default:
+                // this goes against Unix98 docs so log it
+                wxLogDebug(_T("unexpected kill(2) return value %d"), err);
 
-    int argc = 0;
-    wxChar *argv[WXEXECUTE_NARGS];
-    wxString argument;
-    const wxChar *cptr = command.c_str();
-    wxChar quotechar = wxT('\0'); // is arg quoted?
-    bool escaped = FALSE;
+                // something else...
+                *rc = wxKILL_ERROR;
+        }
+    }
 
-    // split the command line in arguments
-    do
+    return err;
+}
+
+// Shutdown or reboot the PC
+bool wxShutdown(int flags)
+{
+    flags &= ~wxSHUTDOWN_FORCE;
+
+    wxChar level;
+    switch ( flags )
     {
-        argument=wxT("");
-        quotechar = wxT('\0');
+        case wxSHUTDOWN_POWEROFF:
+            level = _T('0');
+            break;
+
+        case wxSHUTDOWN_REBOOT:
+            level = _T('6');
+            break;
 
-        // eat leading whitespace:
-        while ( wxIsspace(*cptr) )
-            cptr++;
+        case wxSHUTDOWN_LOGOFF:
+            // TODO: use dcop to log off?
+            return false;
 
-        if ( *cptr == wxT('\'') || *cptr == wxT('"') )
-            quotechar = *cptr++;
+        default:
+            wxFAIL_MSG( _T("unknown wxShutdown() flag") );
+            return false;
+    }
 
-        do
-        {
-            if ( *cptr == wxT('\\') && ! escaped )
-            {
-                escaped = TRUE;
-                cptr++;
-                continue;
-            }
+    return system(wxString::Format("init %c", level).mb_str()) == 0;
+}
 
-            // all other characters:
-            argument += *cptr++;
-            escaped = FALSE;
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxStream classes to support IO redirection in wxExecute
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-            // have we reached the end of the argument?
-            if ( (*cptr == quotechar && ! escaped)
-                 || (quotechar == wxT('\0') && wxIsspace(*cptr))
-                 || *cptr == wxT('\0') )
-            {
-                wxASSERT_MSG( argc < WXEXECUTE_NARGS,
-                              wxT("too many arguments in wxExecute") );
+#if HAS_PIPE_INPUT_STREAM
+
+bool wxPipeInputStream::CanRead() const
+{
+    if ( m_lasterror == wxSTREAM_EOF )
+        return false;
 
-                argv[argc] = new wxChar[argument.length() + 1];
-                wxStrcpy(argv[argc], argument.c_str());
-                argc++;
+    // check if there is any input available
+    struct timeval tv;
+    tv.tv_sec = 0;
+    tv.tv_usec = 0;
 
-                // if not at end of buffer, swallow last character:
-                if(*cptr)
-                    cptr++;
+    const int fd = m_file->fd();
 
-                break; // done with this one, start over
-            }
-        } while(*cptr);
-    } while(*cptr);
-    argv[argc] = NULL;
+    fd_set readfds;
+
+    wxFD_ZERO(&readfds);
+    wxFD_SET(fd, &readfds);
 
-    // do execute the command
-    long lRc = wxExecute(argv, sync, process);
+    switch ( select(fd + 1, &readfds, NULL, NULL, &tv) )
+    {
+        case -1:
+            wxLogSysError(_("Impossible to get child process input"));
+            // fall through
 
-    // clean up
-    argc = 0;
-    while( argv[argc] )
-        delete [] argv[argc++];
+        case 0:
+            return false;
 
-    return lRc;
+        default:
+            wxFAIL_MSG(_T("unexpected select() return value"));
+            // still fall through
+
+        case 1:
+            // input available -- or maybe not, as select() returns 1 when a
+            // read() will complete without delay, but it could still not read
+            // anything
+            return !Eof();
+    }
 }
 
-bool wxShell(const wxString& command)
+#endif // HAS_PIPE_INPUT_STREAM
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxShell
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+static wxString wxMakeShellCommand(const wxString& command)
 {
     wxString cmd;
-    if ( !!command )
-        cmd.Printf(wxT("xterm -e %s"), command.c_str());
+    if ( !command )
+    {
+        // just an interactive shell
+        cmd = _T("xterm");
+    }
     else
-        cmd = command;
+    {
+        // execute command in a shell
+        cmd << _T("/bin/sh -c '") << command << _T('\'');
+    }
+
+    return cmd;
+}
+
+bool wxShell(const wxString& command)
+{
+    return wxExecute(wxMakeShellCommand(command), wxEXEC_SYNC) == 0;
+}
+
+bool wxShell(const wxString& command, wxArrayString& output)
+{
+    wxCHECK_MSG( !command.empty(), false, _T("can't exec shell non interactively") );
 
-    return wxExecute(cmd) != 0;
+    return wxExecute(wxMakeShellCommand(command), output);
 }
 
-void wxHandleProcessTermination(wxEndProcessData *proc_data)
+namespace
 {
-    int pid = (proc_data->pid > 0) ? proc_data->pid : -(proc_data->pid);
 
-    // waitpid is POSIX so should be available everywhere, however on older
-    // systems wait() might be used instead in a loop (until the right pid
-    // terminates)
-    int status = 0;
-    if ( waitpid(pid, &status, 0) == -1 || !WIFEXITED(status) )
+// helper class for storing arguments as char** array suitable for passing to
+// execvp(), whatever form they were passed to us
+class ArgsArray
+{
+public:
+    ArgsArray(const wxArrayString& args)
     {
-        wxLogSysError(_("Waiting for subprocess termination failed"));
+        Init(args.size());
+
+        for ( int i = 0; i < m_argc; i++ )
+        {
+            m_argv[i] = wxStrdup(args[i]);
+        }
     }
-    else
+
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE
+    ArgsArray(wchar_t **wargv)
     {
-        // notify user about termination if required
-        if (proc_data->process)
+        int argc = 0;
+        while ( *wargv++ )
+            argc++;
+
+        Init(argc);
+
+        for ( int i = 0; i < m_argc; i++ )
         {
-            proc_data->process->OnTerminate(proc_data->pid,
-                                            WEXITSTATUS(status));
+            m_argv[i] = wxSafeConvertWX2MB(wargv[i]).release();
         }
     }
+#endif // wxUSE_UNICODE
 
-    // clean up
-    if ( proc_data->pid > 0 )
+    ~ArgsArray()
     {
-        delete proc_data;
+        for ( int i = 0; i < m_argc; i++ )
+        {
+            free(m_argv[i]);
+        }
+
+        delete [] m_argv;
     }
-    else
-    {
-        // wxExecute() will know about it
-        proc_data->exitcode = status;
 
-        proc_data->pid = 0;
+    operator char**() const { return m_argv; }
+
+private:
+    void Init(int argc)
+    {
+        m_argc = argc;
+        m_argv = new char *[m_argc + 1];
+        m_argv[m_argc] = NULL;
     }
-}
 
-long wxExecute( wxChar **argv, bool sync, wxProcess *process )
+    int m_argc;
+    char **m_argv;
+
+    wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(ArgsArray);
+};
+
+} // anonymous namespace
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxExecute implementations
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#if defined(__DARWIN__)
+bool wxMacLaunch(char **argv);
+#endif
+
+long wxExecute(const wxString& command, int flags, wxProcess *process)
 {
-    wxCHECK_MSG( *argv, 0, wxT("can't exec empty command") );
+    ArgsArray argv(wxCmdLineParser::ConvertStringToArgs(command,
+                                                        wxCMD_LINE_SPLIT_UNIX));
+
+    return wxExecute(argv, flags, process);
+}
 
 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
-    int mb_argc = 0;
-    char *mb_argv[WXEXECUTE_NARGS];
 
-    while (argv[mb_argc])
+long wxExecute(wchar_t **wargv, int flags, wxProcess *process)
+{
+    ArgsArray argv(wargv);
+
+    return wxExecute(argv, flags, process);
+}
+
+#endif // wxUSE_UNICODE
+
+// wxExecute: the real worker function
+long wxExecute(char **argv, int flags, wxProcess *process)
+{
+    // for the sync execution, we return -1 to indicate failure, but for async
+    // case we return 0 which is never a valid PID
+    //
+    // we define this as a macro, not a variable, to avoid compiler warnings
+    // about "ERROR_RETURN_CODE value may be clobbered by fork()"
+    #define ERROR_RETURN_CODE ((flags & wxEXEC_SYNC) ? -1 : 0)
+
+    wxCHECK_MSG( *argv, ERROR_RETURN_CODE, wxT("can't exec empty command") );
+
+#if wxUSE_THREADS
+    // fork() doesn't mix well with POSIX threads: on many systems the program
+    // deadlocks or crashes for some reason. Probably our code is buggy and
+    // doesn't do something which must be done to allow this to work, but I
+    // don't know what yet, so for now just warn the user (this is the least we
+    // can do) about it
+    wxASSERT_MSG( wxThread::IsMain(),
+                    _T("wxExecute() can be called only from the main thread") );
+#endif // wxUSE_THREADS
+
+#if defined(__WXCOCOA__) || ( defined(__WXOSX_MAC__) && wxOSX_USE_COCOA_OR_CARBON )
+    // wxMacLaunch() only executes app bundles and only does it asynchronously.
+    // It returns false if the target is not an app bundle, thus falling
+    // through to the regular code for non app bundles.
+    if ( !(flags & wxEXEC_SYNC) && wxMacLaunch(argv) )
     {
-      wxWX2MBbuf mb_arg = wxConvertWX2MB(argv[mb_argc]);
-      mb_argv[mb_argc] = strdup(mb_arg);
-      mb_argc++;
+        // we don't have any PID to return so just make up something non null
+        return -1;
     }
-    mb_argv[mb_argc] = (char *) NULL;
+#endif // __DARWIN__
 
-    // this macro will free memory we used above
-    #define ARGS_CLEANUP                                 \
-        for ( mb_argc = 0; mb_argb[mb_argc]; mb_argc++ ) \
-            free(mb_argv[mb_argc])
-#else // ANSI
-    // no need for cleanup
-    #define ARGS_CLEANUP
 
-    wxChar **mb_argv = argv;
-#endif // Unicode/ANSI
+    // this struct contains all information which we use for housekeeping
+    wxExecuteData execData;
+    execData.flags = flags;
+    execData.process = process;
 
-#if wxUSE_GUI
     // create pipes
-    int end_proc_detect[2];
-    if (pipe(end_proc_detect) == -1)
+    if ( !execData.pipeEndProcDetect.Create() )
     {
-        wxLogSysError( _("Pipe creation failed") );
+        wxLogError( _("Failed to execute '%s'\n"), *argv );
 
-        ARGS_CLEANUP;
+        return ERROR_RETURN_CODE;
+    }
 
-        return 0;
+    // pipes for inter process communication
+    wxPipe pipeIn,      // stdin
+           pipeOut,     // stdout
+           pipeErr;     // stderr
+
+    if ( process && process->IsRedirected() )
+    {
+        if ( !pipeIn.Create() || !pipeOut.Create() || !pipeErr.Create() )
+        {
+            wxLogError( _("Failed to execute '%s'\n"), *argv );
+
+            return ERROR_RETURN_CODE;
+        }
     }
-#endif // wxUSE_GUI
 
     // fork the process
-#if HAVE_VFORK
-    pid_t pid = vfork();
+    //
+    // NB: do *not* use vfork() here, it completely breaks this code for some
+    //     reason under Solaris (and maybe others, although not under Linux)
+    //     But on OpenVMS we do not have fork so we have to use vfork and
+    //     cross our fingers that it works.
+#ifdef __VMS
+   pid_t pid = vfork();
 #else
-    pid_t pid = fork();
+   pid_t pid = fork();
 #endif
-    if (pid == -1)
+   if ( pid == -1 )     // error?
     {
         wxLogSysError( _("Fork failed") );
 
-        ARGS_CLEANUP;
-
-        return 0;
+        return ERROR_RETURN_CODE;
     }
-    else if (pid == 0)
+    else if ( pid == 0 )  // we're in child
     {
-#if wxUSE_GUI
-        // we're in child
-        close(end_proc_detect[0]); // close reading side
-#endif // wxUSE_GUI
+        // NB: we used to close all the unused descriptors of the child here
+        //     but this broke some programs which relied on e.g. FD 1 being
+        //     always opened so don't do it any more, after all there doesn't
+        //     seem to be any real problem with keeping them opened
 
-        // These three lines close the open file descriptors to to avoid any
-        // input/output which might block the process or irritate the user. If
-        // one wants proper IO for the subprocess, the right thing to do is
-        // to start an xterm executing it.
-        if (sync == 0)
+#if !defined(__VMS) && !defined(__EMX__)
+        if ( flags & wxEXEC_MAKE_GROUP_LEADER )
         {
-            // leave stderr opened, it won't do any hurm
-            for ( int fd = 0; fd < FD_SETSIZE; fd++ )
-            {
-#if wxUSE_GUI
-                if ( fd == end_proc_detect[1] )
-                    continue;
-#endif // wxUSE_GUI
+            // Set process group to child process' pid.  Then killing -pid
+            // of the parent will kill the process and all of its children.
+            setsid();
+        }
+#endif // !__VMS
+
+        // reading side can be safely closed but we should keep the write one
+        // opened, it will be only closed when the process terminates resulting
+        // in a read notification to the parent
+        execData.pipeEndProcDetect.Detach(wxPipe::Write);
+        execData.pipeEndProcDetect.Close();
 
-                if ( fd != STDERR_FILENO )
-                    close(fd);
+        // redirect stdin, stdout and stderr
+        if ( pipeIn.IsOk() )
+        {
+            if ( dup2(pipeIn[wxPipe::Read], STDIN_FILENO) == -1 ||
+                 dup2(pipeOut[wxPipe::Write], STDOUT_FILENO) == -1 ||
+                 dup2(pipeErr[wxPipe::Write], STDERR_FILENO) == -1 )
+            {
+                wxLogSysError(_("Failed to redirect child process input/output"));
             }
+
+            pipeIn.Close();
+            pipeOut.Close();
+            pipeErr.Close();
         }
 
-#if 0
-        close(STDERR_FILENO);
+        execvp(*argv, argv);
 
-        // some programs complain about stderr not being open, so redirect
-        // them:
-        open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY);  // stdin
-        open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY);  // stdout
-        open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY);  // stderr
-#endif
-
-        execvp (*mb_argv, mb_argv);
+        fprintf(stderr, "execvp(");
+        for ( char **a = argv; *a; a++ )
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s%s", a == argv ? "" : ", ", *a);
+        fprintf(stderr, ") failed with error %d!\n", errno);
 
         // there is no return after successful exec()
-        wxFprintf(stderr, _("Can't execute '%s'\n"), *argv);
-
         _exit(-1);
+
+        // some compilers complain about missing return - of course, they
+        // should know that exit() doesn't return but what else can we do if
+        // they don't?
+        //
+        // and, sure enough, other compilers complain about unreachable code
+        // after exit() call, so we can just always have return here...
+#if defined(__VMS) || defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
+        return 0;
+#endif
     }
-    else
+    else // we're in parent
     {
-#if wxUSE_GUI
-        // we're in parent
-        close(end_proc_detect[1]); // close writing side
+        // save it for WaitForChild() use
+        execData.pid = pid;
 
-        wxEndProcessData *data = new wxEndProcessData;
-        data->tag = wxAddProcessCallback(data, end_proc_detect[0]);
+        // prepare for IO redirection
 
-        ARGS_CLEANUP;
+#if HAS_PIPE_INPUT_STREAM
+        // the input buffer bufOut is connected to stdout, this is why it is
+        // called bufOut and not bufIn
+        wxStreamTempInputBuffer bufOut,
+                                bufErr;
 
-        if ( sync )
+        if ( process && process->IsRedirected() )
         {
-            wxASSERT_MSG( !process, wxT("wxProcess param ignored for sync exec") );
-            data->process = NULL;
+            wxOutputStream *inStream =
+                new wxFileOutputStream(pipeIn.Detach(wxPipe::Write));
 
-            // sync execution: indicate it by negating the pid
-            data->pid = -pid;
+            const int fdOut = pipeOut.Detach(wxPipe::Read);
+            wxPipeInputStream *outStream = new wxPipeInputStream(fdOut);
 
-            // it will be set to 0 from GTK_EndProcessDetector
-            while (data->pid != 0)
-                wxYield();
+            const int fdErr = pipeErr.Detach(wxPipe::Read);
+            wxPipeInputStream *errStream = new wxPipeInputStream(fdErr);
 
-            int exitcode = data->exitcode;
+            process->SetPipeStreams(outStream, inStream, errStream);
 
-            delete data;
+            bufOut.Init(outStream);
+            bufErr.Init(errStream);
 
-            return exitcode;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            // async execution, nothing special to do - caller will be
-            // notified about the process terminationif process != NULL, data
-            // will be deleted in GTK_EndProcessDetector
-            data->process = process;
-            data->pid = pid;
+            execData.bufOut = &bufOut;
+            execData.bufErr = &bufErr;
 
-            return pid;
+            execData.fdOut = fdOut;
+            execData.fdErr = fdErr;
         }
-#else // !wxUSE_GUI
-        wxASSERT_MSG( sync, wxT("async execution not supported yet") );
+#endif // HAS_PIPE_INPUT_STREAM
 
-        int exitcode = 0;
-        if ( waitpid(pid, &exitcode, 0) == -1 || !WIFEXITED(exitcode) )
+        if ( pipeIn.IsOk() )
         {
-            wxLogSysError(_("Waiting for subprocess termination failed"));
+            pipeIn.Close();
+            pipeOut.Close();
+            pipeErr.Close();
         }
 
-        return exitcode;
-#endif // wxUSE_GUI
+        // we want this function to work even if there is no wxApp so ensure
+        // that we have a valid traits pointer
+        wxConsoleAppTraits traitsConsole;
+        wxAppTraits *traits = wxTheApp ? wxTheApp->GetTraits() : NULL;
+        if ( !traits )
+            traits = &traitsConsole;
+
+        return traits->WaitForChild(execData);
     }
 
-    #undef ARGS_CLEANUP
+#if !defined(__VMS) && !defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
+    return ERROR_RETURN_CODE;
+#endif
 }
 
+#undef ERROR_RETURN_CODE
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // file and directory functions
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 const wxChar* wxGetHomeDir( wxString *home  )
 {
-    *home = wxGetUserHome( wxString() );
-    if ( home->IsEmpty() )
+    *home = wxGetUserHome();
+    wxString tmp;
+    if ( home->empty() )
         *home = wxT("/");
-
+#ifdef __VMS
+    tmp = *home;
+    if ( tmp.Last() != wxT(']'))
+        if ( tmp.Last() != wxT('/')) *home << wxT('/');
+#endif
     return home->c_str();
 }
 
-#if wxUSE_UNICODE
-const wxMB2WXbuf wxGetUserHome( const wxString &user )
-#else // just for binary compatibility -- there is no 'const' here
-char *wxGetUserHome( const wxString &user )
-#endif
+wxString wxGetUserHome( const wxString &user )
 {
     struct passwd *who = (struct passwd *) NULL;
 
@@ -426,13 +688,15 @@ char *wxGetUserHome( const wxString &user )
         {
             return ptr;
         }
-        if ((ptr = wxGetenv(wxT("USER"))) != NULL || (ptr = wxGetenv(wxT("LOGNAME"))) != NULL)
+
+        if ((ptr = wxGetenv(wxT("USER"))) != NULL ||
+             (ptr = wxGetenv(wxT("LOGNAME"))) != NULL)
         {
-            who = getpwnam(wxConvertWX2MB(ptr));
+            who = getpwnam(wxSafeConvertWX2MB(ptr));
         }
 
-        // We now make sure the the user exists!
-        if (who == NULL)
+        // make sure the user exists!
+        if ( !who )
         {
             who = getpwuid(getuid());
         }
@@ -442,19 +706,48 @@ char *wxGetUserHome( const wxString &user )
       who = getpwnam (user.mb_str());
     }
 
-    return wxConvertMB2WX(who ? who->pw_dir : 0);
+    return wxSafeConvertMB2WX(who ? who->pw_dir : 0);
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // network and user id routines
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// private utility function which returns output of the given command, removing
+// the trailing newline
+static wxString wxGetCommandOutput(const wxString &cmd)
+{
+    FILE *f = popen(cmd.ToAscii(), "r");
+    if ( !f )
+    {
+        wxLogSysError(_T("Executing \"%s\" failed"), cmd.c_str());
+        return wxEmptyString;
+    }
+
+    wxString s;
+    char buf[256];
+    while ( !feof(f) )
+    {
+        if ( !fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f) )
+            break;
+
+        s += wxString::FromAscii(buf);
+    }
+
+    pclose(f);
+
+    if ( !s.empty() && s.Last() == _T('\n') )
+        s.RemoveLast();
+
+    return s;
+}
+
 // retrieve either the hostname or FQDN depending on platform (caller must
 // check whether it's one or the other, this is why this function is for
 // private use only)
 static bool wxGetHostNameInternal(wxChar *buf, int sz)
 {
-    wxCHECK_MSG( buf, FALSE, wxT("NULL pointer in wxGetHostNameInternal") );
+    wxCHECK_MSG( buf, false, wxT("NULL pointer in wxGetHostNameInternal") );
 
     *buf = wxT('\0');
 
@@ -464,15 +757,19 @@ static bool wxGetHostNameInternal(wxChar *buf, int sz)
     bool ok = uname(&uts) != -1;
     if ( ok )
     {
-        wxStrncpy(buf, wxConvertMB2WX(uts.nodename), sz - 1);
-        buf[sz] = wxT('\0');
+        wxStrlcpy(buf, wxSafeConvertMB2WX(uts.nodename), sz);
     }
 #elif defined(HAVE_GETHOSTNAME)
-    bool ok = gethostname(buf, sz) != -1;
+    char cbuf[sz];
+    bool ok = gethostname(cbuf, sz) != -1;
+    if ( ok )
+    {
+        wxStrlcpy(buf, wxSafeConvertMB2WX(cbuf), sz);
+    }
 #else // no uname, no gethostname
     wxFAIL_MSG(wxT("don't know host name for this machine"));
 
-    bool ok = FALSE;
+    bool ok = false;
 #endif // uname/gethostname
 
     if ( !ok )
@@ -510,17 +807,17 @@ bool wxGetFullHostName(wxChar *buf, int sz)
     {
         if ( !wxStrchr(buf, wxT('.')) )
         {
-            struct hostent *host = gethostbyname(wxConvertWX2MB(buf));
+            struct hostent *host = gethostbyname(wxSafeConvertWX2MB(buf));
             if ( !host )
             {
                 wxLogSysError(_("Cannot get the official hostname"));
 
-                ok = FALSE;
+                ok = false;
             }
             else
             {
                 // the canonical name
-                wxStrncpy(buf, wxConvertMB2WX(host->h_name), sz);
+                wxStrlcpy(buf, wxSafeConvertMB2WX(host->h_name), sz);
             }
         }
         //else: it's already a FQDN (BSD behaves this way)
@@ -536,402 +833,613 @@ bool wxGetUserId(wxChar *buf, int sz)
     *buf = wxT('\0');
     if ((who = getpwuid(getuid ())) != NULL)
     {
-        wxStrncpy (buf, wxConvertMB2WX(who->pw_name), sz - 1);
-        return TRUE;
+        wxStrlcpy (buf, wxSafeConvertMB2WX(who->pw_name), sz);
+        return true;
     }
 
-    return FALSE;
+    return false;
 }
 
 bool wxGetUserName(wxChar *buf, int sz)
 {
+#ifdef HAVE_PW_GECOS
     struct passwd *who;
-    char *comma;
 
     *buf = wxT('\0');
-    if ((who = getpwuid (getuid ())) != NULL) {
-       comma = strchr(who->pw_gecos, ',');
+    if ((who = getpwuid (getuid ())) != NULL)
+    {
+       char *comma = strchr(who->pw_gecos, ',');
        if (comma)
            *comma = '\0'; // cut off non-name comment fields
-       wxStrncpy (buf, wxConvertMB2WX(who->pw_gecos), sz - 1);
-       return TRUE;
+       wxStrlcpy(buf, wxSafeConvertMB2WX(who->pw_gecos), sz);
+       return true;
     }
 
-    return FALSE;
+    return false;
+#else // !HAVE_PW_GECOS
+    return wxGetUserId(buf, sz);
+#endif // HAVE_PW_GECOS/!HAVE_PW_GECOS
 }
 
-#if wxUSE_GUI
+bool wxIsPlatform64Bit()
+{
+    const wxString machine = wxGetCommandOutput(wxT("uname -m"));
 
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// error and debug output routines (deprecated, use wxLog)
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // the test for "64" is obviously not 100% reliable but seems to work fine
+    // in practice
+    return machine.Contains(wxT("64")) ||
+                machine.Contains(wxT("alpha"));
+}
 
-void wxDebugMsg( const char *format, ... )
+// these functions are in src/osx/utilsexc_base.cpp for wxMac
+#ifndef __WXMAC__
+
+wxOperatingSystemId wxGetOsVersion(int *verMaj, int *verMin)
 {
-  va_list ap;
-  va_start( ap, format );
-  vfprintf( stderr, format, ap );
-  fflush( stderr );
-  va_end(ap);
+    // get OS version
+    int major, minor;
+    wxString release = wxGetCommandOutput(wxT("uname -r"));
+    if ( release.empty() ||
+         wxSscanf(release.c_str(), wxT("%d.%d"), &major, &minor) != 2 )
+    {
+        // failed to get version string or unrecognized format
+        major =
+        minor = -1;
+    }
+
+    if ( verMaj )
+        *verMaj = major;
+    if ( verMin )
+        *verMin = minor;
+
+    // try to understand which OS are we running
+    wxString kernel = wxGetCommandOutput(wxT("uname -s"));
+    if ( kernel.empty() )
+        kernel = wxGetCommandOutput(wxT("uname -o"));
+
+    if ( kernel.empty() )
+        return wxOS_UNKNOWN;
+
+    return wxPlatformInfo::GetOperatingSystemId(kernel);
 }
 
-void wxError( const wxString &msg, const wxString &title )
+wxString wxGetOsDescription()
 {
-  wxFprintf( stderr, _("Error ") );
-  if (!title.IsNull()) wxFprintf( stderr, wxT("%s "), WXSTRINGCAST(title) );
-  if (!msg.IsNull()) wxFprintf( stderr, wxT(": %s"), WXSTRINGCAST(msg) );
-  wxFprintf( stderr, wxT(".\n") );
+    return wxGetCommandOutput(wxT("uname -s -r -m"));
 }
 
-void wxFatalError( const wxString &msg, const wxString &title )
+#endif // !__WXMAC__
+
+unsigned long wxGetProcessId()
 {
-  wxFprintf( stderr, _("Error ") );
-  if (!title.IsNull()) wxFprintf( stderr, wxT("%s "), WXSTRINGCAST(title) );
-  if (!msg.IsNull()) wxFprintf( stderr, wxT(": %s"), WXSTRINGCAST(msg) );
-  wxFprintf( stderr, wxT(".\n") );
-  exit(3); // the same exit code as for abort()
+    return (unsigned long)getpid();
 }
 
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// font-related functions
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-// define the functions to create and destroy native fonts for this toolkit
-#ifdef __X__
-    static inline wxNativeFont wxLoadFont(const wxString& fontSpec)
+wxMemorySize wxGetFreeMemory()
+{
+#if defined(__LINUX__)
+    // get it from /proc/meminfo
+    FILE *fp = fopen("/proc/meminfo", "r");
+    if ( fp )
     {
-        return XLoadQueryFont((Display *)wxGetDisplay(), fontSpec);
+        long memFree = -1;
+
+        char buf[1024];
+        if ( fgets(buf, WXSIZEOF(buf), fp) && fgets(buf, WXSIZEOF(buf), fp) )
+        {
+            // /proc/meminfo changed its format in kernel 2.6
+            if ( wxPlatformInfo().CheckOSVersion(2, 6) )
+            {
+                unsigned long cached, buffers;
+                sscanf(buf, "MemFree: %ld", &memFree);
+
+                fgets(buf, WXSIZEOF(buf), fp);
+                sscanf(buf, "Buffers: %lu", &buffers);
+
+                fgets(buf, WXSIZEOF(buf), fp);
+                sscanf(buf, "Cached: %lu", &cached);
+
+                // add to "MemFree" also the "Buffers" and "Cached" values as
+                // free(1) does as otherwise the value never makes sense: for
+                // kernel 2.6 it's always almost 0
+                memFree += buffers + cached;
+
+                // values here are always expressed in kB and we want bytes
+                memFree *= 1024;
+            }
+            else // Linux 2.4 (or < 2.6, anyhow)
+            {
+                long memTotal, memUsed;
+                sscanf(buf, "Mem: %ld %ld %ld", &memTotal, &memUsed, &memFree);
+            }
+        }
+
+        fclose(fp);
+
+        return (wxMemorySize)memFree;
     }
+#elif defined(__SGI__)
+    struct rminfo realmem;
+    if ( sysmp(MP_SAGET, MPSA_RMINFO, &realmem, sizeof realmem) == 0 )
+        return ((wxMemorySize)realmem.physmem * sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE));
+#elif defined(_SC_AVPHYS_PAGES)
+    return ((wxMemorySize)sysconf(_SC_AVPHYS_PAGES))*sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
+//#elif defined(__FREEBSD__) -- might use sysctl() to find it out, probably
+#endif
 
-    static inline void wxFreeFont(wxNativeFont font)
+    // can't find it out
+    return -1;
+}
+
+bool wxGetDiskSpace(const wxString& path, wxDiskspaceSize_t *pTotal, wxDiskspaceSize_t *pFree)
+{
+#if defined(HAVE_STATFS) || defined(HAVE_STATVFS)
+    // the case to "char *" is needed for AIX 4.3
+    wxStatfs_t fs;
+    if ( wxStatfs((char *)(const char*)path.fn_str(), &fs) != 0 )
     {
-        XFreeFont((Display *)wxGetDisplay(), font);
+        wxLogSysError( wxT("Failed to get file system statistics") );
+
+        return false;
     }
-#elif defined(__WXGTK__)
 
-    #include "gdk/gdk.h"
+    // under Solaris we also have to use f_frsize field instead of f_bsize
+    // which is in general a multiple of f_frsize
+#ifdef HAVE_STATVFS
+    wxDiskspaceSize_t blockSize = fs.f_frsize;
+#else // HAVE_STATFS
+    wxDiskspaceSize_t blockSize = fs.f_bsize;
+#endif // HAVE_STATVFS/HAVE_STATFS
 
-    static inline wxNativeFont wxLoadFont(const wxString& fontSpec)
+    if ( pTotal )
     {
-        return gdk_font_load( wxConvertWX2MB(fontSpec) );
+        *pTotal = wxDiskspaceSize_t(fs.f_blocks) * blockSize;
     }
 
-    static inline void wxFreeFont(wxNativeFont font)
+    if ( pFree )
     {
-        gdk_font_unref(font);
+        *pFree = wxDiskspaceSize_t(fs.f_bavail) * blockSize;
     }
-#else
-    #error "Unknown GUI toolkit"
-#endif
 
-// returns TRUE if there are any fonts matching this font spec
-static bool wxTestFontSpec(const wxString& fontspec)
+    return true;
+#else // !HAVE_STATFS && !HAVE_STATVFS
+    return false;
+#endif // HAVE_STATFS
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// env vars
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#if USE_PUTENV
+
+WX_DECLARE_STRING_HASH_MAP(char *, wxEnvVars);
+
+static wxEnvVars gs_envVars;
+
+class wxSetEnvModule : public wxModule
 {
-    wxNativeFont test = wxLoadFont(fontspec);
-    if ( test )
+public:
+    virtual bool OnInit() { return true; }
+    virtual void OnExit()
     {
-        wxFreeFont(test);
+        for ( wxEnvVars::const_iterator i = gs_envVars.begin();
+              i != gs_envVars.end();
+              ++i )
+        {
+            free(i->second);
+        }
 
-        return TRUE;
+        gs_envVars.clear();
     }
-    else
+
+    DECLARE_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxSetEnvModule)
+};
+
+IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxSetEnvModule, wxModule)
+
+#endif // USE_PUTENV
+
+bool wxGetEnv(const wxString& var, wxString *value)
+{
+    // wxGetenv is defined as getenv()
+    char *p = wxGetenv(var);
+    if ( !p )
+        return false;
+
+    if ( value )
     {
-        return FALSE;
+        *value = p;
     }
+
+    return true;
 }
 
-// TODO encoding test logic should be moved to wxLoadQueryNearestFont()
-static wxNativeFont wxLoadQueryFont(int pointSize,
-                                    int family,
-                                    int style,
-                                    int weight,
-                                    bool WXUNUSED(underlined),
-                                    const wxString &facename,
-                                    wxFontEncoding encoding )
+static bool wxDoSetEnv(const wxString& variable, const char *value)
 {
-    wxString xfamily;
-    switch (family)
+#if defined(HAVE_SETENV)
+    if ( !value )
     {
-        case wxDECORATIVE: xfamily = wxT("lucida"); break;
-        case wxROMAN:      xfamily = wxT("times");  break;
-        case wxMODERN:     xfamily = wxT("courier"); break;
-        case wxSWISS:      xfamily = wxT("helvetica"); break;
-        case wxTELETYPE:   xfamily = wxT("lucidatypewriter"); break;
-        case wxSCRIPT:     xfamily = wxT("utopia"); break;
-        default:           xfamily = wxT("*");
+#ifdef HAVE_UNSETENV
+        // don't test unsetenv() return value: it's void on some systems (at
+        // least Darwin)
+        unsetenv(variable.mb_str());
+        return true;
+#else
+        value = ""; // we can't pass NULL to setenv()
+#endif
     }
 
-    wxString fontSpec;
-    if (!facename.IsEmpty())
+    return setenv(variable.mb_str(), value, 1 /* overwrite */) == 0;
+#elif defined(HAVE_PUTENV)
+    wxString s = variable;
+    if ( value )
+        s << _T('=') << value;
+
+    // transform to ANSI
+    const wxWX2MBbuf p = s.mb_str();
+
+    char *buf = (char *)malloc(strlen(p) + 1);
+    strcpy(buf, p);
+
+    // store the string to free() it later
+    wxEnvVars::iterator i = gs_envVars.find(variable);
+    if ( i != gs_envVars.end() )
+    {
+        free(i->second);
+        i->second = buf;
+    }
+    else // this variable hadn't been set before
     {
-        fontSpec.Printf(wxT("-*-%s-*-*-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"),
-                        facename.c_str());
+        gs_envVars[variable] = buf;
+    }
 
-        if ( wxTestFontSpec(fontSpec) )
-        {
-            xfamily = facename;
-        }
-        //else: no such family, use default one instead
-    }
-
-    wxString xstyle;
-    switch (style)
-    {
-        case wxITALIC:     xstyle = wxT("i"); break;
-        case wxSLANT:      xstyle = wxT("o"); break;
-        case wxNORMAL:     xstyle = wxT("r"); break;
-        default:           xstyle = wxT("*"); break;
-    }
-
-    wxString xweight;
-    switch (weight)
-    {
-         case wxBOLD:       
-             {
-                  fontSpec.Printf(wxT("-*-%s-bold-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"),
-                         xfamily.c_str());
-                  if ( wxTestFontSpec(fontSpec) )
-                  {
-                       xweight = wxT("bold"); 
-                       break;
-                  }
-                  fontSpec.Printf(wxT("-*-%s-heavy-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"),
-                         xfamily.c_str());
-                  if ( wxTestFontSpec(fontSpec) )
-                  {
-                       xweight = wxT("heavy"); 
-                       break;
-                  }
-                  fontSpec.Printf(wxT("-*-%s-extrabold-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"),
-                         xfamily.c_str());
-                  if ( wxTestFontSpec(fontSpec) )
-                  {
-                      xweight = wxT("extrabold");
-                      break;
-                  }
-                  fontSpec.Printf(wxT("-*-%s-demibold-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"),
-                         xfamily.c_str());
-                  if ( wxTestFontSpec(fontSpec) )
-                  {
-                      xweight = wxT("demibold");
-                      break;
-                  }
-                  fontSpec.Printf(wxT("-*-%s-black-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"),
-                         xfamily.c_str());
-                  if ( wxTestFontSpec(fontSpec) )
-                  {
-                      xweight = wxT("black");
-                      break;
-                  }
-                  fontSpec.Printf(wxT("-*-%s-ultrablack-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"),
-                         xfamily.c_str());
-                  if ( wxTestFontSpec(fontSpec) )
-                  {
-                      xweight = wxT("ultrablack");
-                      break;
-                  }
-              }   
-              break;
-        case wxLIGHT:
-             {
-                  fontSpec.Printf(wxT("-*-%s-light-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"),
-                         xfamily.c_str());
-                  if ( wxTestFontSpec(fontSpec) )
-                  {
-                       xweight = wxT("light");
-                       break;
-                  }
-                  fontSpec.Printf(wxT("-*-%s-thin-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"),
-                         xfamily.c_str());
-                  if ( wxTestFontSpec(fontSpec) )
-                  {
-                       xweight = wxT("thin"); 
-                       break;
-                  }
-             }
-             break;
-         case wxNORMAL:     
-             {
-                  fontSpec.Printf(wxT("-*-%s-medium-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"),
-                         xfamily.c_str());
-                  if ( wxTestFontSpec(fontSpec) )
-                  {
-                       xweight = wxT("medium"); 
-                       break;
-                  }
-                  fontSpec.Printf(wxT("-*-%s-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"),
-                         xfamily.c_str());
-                  if ( wxTestFontSpec(fontSpec) )
-                  {
-                       xweight = wxT("normal"); 
-                       break;
-                  }
-                  fontSpec.Printf(wxT("-*-%s-regular-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"),
-                         xfamily.c_str());
-                  if ( wxTestFontSpec(fontSpec) )
-                  {
-                      xweight = wxT("regular");
-                      break;
-                  }
-                  xweight = wxT("*");
-              }   
-              break;
-        default:           xweight = wxT("*"); break;
-    }
-
-    wxString xregistry, xencoding;
-    if ( encoding == wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT )
-    {
-        // use the apps default
-        encoding = wxFont::GetDefaultEncoding();
-    }
-
-    bool test = TRUE;   // should we test for availability of encoding?
-    switch ( encoding )
-    {
-        case wxFONTENCODING_ISO8859_1:
-        case wxFONTENCODING_ISO8859_2:
-        case wxFONTENCODING_ISO8859_3:
-        case wxFONTENCODING_ISO8859_4:
-        case wxFONTENCODING_ISO8859_5:
-        case wxFONTENCODING_ISO8859_6:
-        case wxFONTENCODING_ISO8859_7:
-        case wxFONTENCODING_ISO8859_8:
-        case wxFONTENCODING_ISO8859_9:
-        case wxFONTENCODING_ISO8859_10:
-        case wxFONTENCODING_ISO8859_11:
-        case wxFONTENCODING_ISO8859_13:
-        case wxFONTENCODING_ISO8859_14:
-        case wxFONTENCODING_ISO8859_15:
-            {
-                int cp = encoding - wxFONTENCODING_ISO8859_1 + 1;
-                xregistry = wxT("iso8859");
-                xencoding.Printf(wxT("%d"), cp);
-            }
-            break;
+    return putenv(buf) == 0;
+#else // no way to set an env var
+    return false;
+#endif
+}
 
-        case wxFONTENCODING_KOI8:
-            xregistry = wxT("koi8");
-            if ( wxTestFontSpec(wxT("-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-koi8-1")) )
-            {
-                xencoding = wxT("1");
+bool wxSetEnv(const wxString& variable, const wxString& value)
+{
+    return wxDoSetEnv(variable, value.mb_str());
+}
 
-                // test passed, no need to do it once more
-                test = FALSE;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                xencoding = wxT("*");
-            }
-            break;
+bool wxUnsetEnv(const wxString& variable)
+{
+    return wxDoSetEnv(variable, NULL);
+}
 
-        case wxFONTENCODING_CP1250:
-        case wxFONTENCODING_CP1251:
-        case wxFONTENCODING_CP1252:
-            {
-                int cp = encoding - wxFONTENCODING_CP1250 + 1250;
-                fontSpec.Printf(wxT("-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-microsoft-cp%d"),
-                                cp);
-                if ( wxTestFontSpec(fontSpec) )
-                {
-                    xregistry = wxT("microsoft");
-                    xencoding.Printf(wxT("cp%d"), cp);
-
-                    // test passed, no need to do it once more
-                    test = FALSE;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    // fall back to LatinX
-                    xregistry = wxT("iso8859");
-                    xencoding.Printf(wxT("%d"), cp - 1249);
-                }
-            }
-            break;
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// signal handling
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-        case wxFONTENCODING_SYSTEM:
-        default:
-            test = FALSE;
-            xregistry =
-            xencoding = wxT("*");
+#if wxUSE_ON_FATAL_EXCEPTION
+
+#include <signal.h>
+
+extern "C" void wxFatalSignalHandler(wxTYPE_SA_HANDLER)
+{
+    if ( wxTheApp )
+    {
+        // give the user a chance to do something special about this
+        wxTheApp->OnFatalException();
     }
 
-    if ( test )
+    abort();
+}
+
+bool wxHandleFatalExceptions(bool doit)
+{
+    // old sig handlers
+    static bool s_savedHandlers = false;
+    static struct sigaction s_handlerFPE,
+                            s_handlerILL,
+                            s_handlerBUS,
+                            s_handlerSEGV;
+
+    bool ok = true;
+    if ( doit && !s_savedHandlers )
     {
-        fontSpec.Printf(wxT("-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-%s-%s"),
-                        xregistry.c_str(), xencoding.c_str());
-        if ( !wxTestFontSpec(fontSpec) )
+        // install the signal handler
+        struct sigaction act;
+
+        // some systems extend it with non std fields, so zero everything
+        memset(&act, 0, sizeof(act));
+
+        act.sa_handler = wxFatalSignalHandler;
+        sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
+        act.sa_flags = 0;
+
+        ok &= sigaction(SIGFPE, &act, &s_handlerFPE) == 0;
+        ok &= sigaction(SIGILL, &act, &s_handlerILL) == 0;
+        ok &= sigaction(SIGBUS, &act, &s_handlerBUS) == 0;
+        ok &= sigaction(SIGSEGV, &act, &s_handlerSEGV) == 0;
+        if ( !ok )
         {
-            // this encoding isn't available - what to do?
-            xregistry =
-            xencoding = wxT("*");
+            wxLogDebug(_T("Failed to install our signal handler."));
         }
+
+        s_savedHandlers = true;
     }
+    else if ( s_savedHandlers )
+    {
+        // uninstall the signal handler
+        ok &= sigaction(SIGFPE, &s_handlerFPE, NULL) == 0;
+        ok &= sigaction(SIGILL, &s_handlerILL, NULL) == 0;
+        ok &= sigaction(SIGBUS, &s_handlerBUS, NULL) == 0;
+        ok &= sigaction(SIGSEGV, &s_handlerSEGV, NULL) == 0;
+        if ( !ok )
+        {
+            wxLogDebug(_T("Failed to uninstall our signal handler."));
+        }
 
-    // construct the X font spec from our data
-    fontSpec.Printf(wxT("-*-%s-%s-%s-normal-*-*-%d-*-*-*-*-%s-%s"),
-                    xfamily.c_str(), xweight.c_str(), xstyle.c_str(),
-                    pointSize, xregistry.c_str(), xencoding.c_str());
+        s_savedHandlers = false;
+    }
+    //else: nothing to do
 
-    return wxLoadFont(fontSpec);
+    return ok;
 }
 
-wxNativeFont wxLoadQueryNearestFont(int pointSize,
-                                    int family,
-                                    int style,
-                                    int weight,
-                                    bool underlined,
-                                    const wxString &facename,
-                                    wxFontEncoding encoding)
-{
-    wxNativeFont font = wxLoadQueryFont( pointSize, family, style, weight,
-                                         underlined, facename, encoding );
-
-    if (!font)
-    {
-        // search up and down by stepsize 10
-        int max_size = pointSize + 20 * (1 + (pointSize/180));
-        int min_size = pointSize - 20 * (1 + (pointSize/180));
+#endif // wxUSE_ON_FATAL_EXCEPTION
 
-        int i;
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxExecute support
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-        // Search for smaller size (approx.)
-        for ( i = pointSize - 10; !font && i >= 10 && i >= min_size; i -= 10 )
+int wxAppTraits::AddProcessCallback(wxEndProcessData *data, int fd)
+{
+    // define a custom handler processing only the closure of the descriptor
+    struct wxEndProcessFDIOHandler : public wxFDIOHandler
+    {
+        wxEndProcessFDIOHandler(wxEndProcessData *data, int fd)
+            : m_data(data), m_fd(fd)
         {
-            font = wxLoadQueryFont(i, family, style, weight, underlined,
-                                   facename, encoding );
         }
 
-        // Search for larger size (approx.)
-        for ( i = pointSize + 10; !font && i <= max_size; i += 10 )
+        virtual void OnReadWaiting()
         {
-            font = wxLoadQueryFont( i, family, style, weight, underlined,
-                                    facename, encoding );
+            wxFDIODispatcher::Get()->UnregisterFD(m_fd);
+            close(m_fd);
+
+            wxHandleProcessTermination(m_data);
+
+            delete this;
         }
 
-        // Try default family
-        if ( !font && family != wxDEFAULT )
+        virtual void OnWriteWaiting() { wxFAIL_MSG("unreachable"); }
+        virtual void OnExceptionWaiting() { wxFAIL_MSG("unreachable"); }
+
+        wxEndProcessData * const m_data;
+        const int m_fd;
+    };
+
+    wxFDIODispatcher::Get()->RegisterFD
+                             (
+                                 fd,
+                                 new wxEndProcessFDIOHandler(data, fd),
+                                 wxFDIO_INPUT
+                             );
+    return fd; // unused, but return something unique for the tag
+}
+
+bool wxAppTraits::CheckForRedirectedIO(wxExecuteData& execData)
+{
+#if HAS_PIPE_INPUT_STREAM
+    bool hasIO = false;
+
+    if ( execData.bufOut && execData.bufOut->Update() )
+        hasIO = true;
+
+    if ( execData.bufErr && execData.bufErr->Update() )
+        hasIO = true;
+
+    return hasIO;
+#else // !HAS_PIPE_INPUT_STREAM
+    return false;
+#endif // HAS_PIPE_INPUT_STREAM/!HAS_PIPE_INPUT_STREAM
+}
+
+// helper classes/functions used by WaitForChild()
+namespace
+{
+
+// convenient base class for IO handlers which are registered for read
+// notifications only and which also stores the FD we're reading from
+//
+// the derived classes still have to implement OnReadWaiting()
+class wxReadFDIOHandler : public wxFDIOHandler
+{
+public:
+    wxReadFDIOHandler(wxFDIODispatcher& disp, int fd) : m_fd(fd)
+    {
+        if ( fd )
+            disp.RegisterFD(fd, this, wxFDIO_INPUT);
+    }
+
+    virtual void OnWriteWaiting() { wxFAIL_MSG("unreachable"); }
+    virtual void OnExceptionWaiting() { wxFAIL_MSG("unreachable"); }
+
+protected:
+    const int m_fd;
+
+    wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxReadFDIOHandler);
+};
+
+// class for monitoring our end of the process detection pipe, simply sets a
+// flag when input on the pipe (which must be due to EOF) is detected
+class wxEndHandler : public wxReadFDIOHandler
+{
+public:
+    wxEndHandler(wxFDIODispatcher& disp, int fd)
+        : wxReadFDIOHandler(disp, fd)
+    {
+        m_terminated = false;
+    }
+
+    bool Terminated() const { return m_terminated; }
+
+    virtual void OnReadWaiting() { m_terminated = true; }
+
+private:
+    bool m_terminated;
+
+    wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxEndHandler);
+};
+
+#if HAS_PIPE_INPUT_STREAM
+
+// class for monitoring our ends of child stdout/err, should be constructed
+// with the FD and stream from wxExecuteData and will do nothing if they're
+// invalid
+//
+// unlike wxEndHandler this class registers itself with the provided dispatcher
+class wxRedirectedIOHandler : public wxReadFDIOHandler
+{
+public:
+    wxRedirectedIOHandler(wxFDIODispatcher& disp,
+                          int fd,
+                          wxStreamTempInputBuffer *buf)
+        : wxReadFDIOHandler(disp, fd),
+          m_buf(buf)
+    {
+    }
+
+    virtual void OnReadWaiting()
+    {
+        m_buf->Update();
+    }
+
+private:
+    wxStreamTempInputBuffer * const m_buf;
+
+    wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(wxRedirectedIOHandler);
+};
+
+#endif // HAS_PIPE_INPUT_STREAM
+
+// helper function which calls waitpid() and analyzes the result
+int DoWaitForChild(int pid, int flags = 0)
+{
+    wxASSERT_MSG( pid > 0, "invalid PID" );
+
+    int status, rc;
+
+    // loop while we're getting EINTR
+    for ( ;; )
+    {
+        rc = waitpid(pid, &status, flags);
+
+        if ( rc != -1 || errno != EINTR )
+            break;
+    }
+
+    if ( rc == 0 )
+    {
+        // This can only happen if the child application closes our dummy pipe
+        // that is used to monitor its lifetime; in that case, our best bet is
+        // to pretend the process did terminate, because otherwise wxExecute()
+        // would hang indefinitely (OnReadWaiting() won't be called again, the
+        // descriptor is closed now).
+        wxLogDebug("Child process (PID %d) still alive but pipe closed so "
+                   "generating a close notification", pid);
+    }
+    else if ( rc == -1 )
+    {
+        wxLogLastError(wxString::Format("waitpid(%d)", pid));
+    }
+    else // child did terminate
+    {
+        wxASSERT_MSG( rc == pid, "unexpected waitpid() return value" );
+
+        if ( WIFEXITED(status) )
+            return WEXITSTATUS(status);
+        else if ( WIFSIGNALED(status) )
+            return -WTERMSIG(status);
+        else
         {
-            font = wxLoadQueryFont( pointSize, wxDEFAULT, style, weight,
-                                    underlined, facename, encoding );
+            wxLogError("Child process (PID %d) exited for unknown reason, "
+                       "status = %d", pid, status);
         }
+    }
 
-        // Bogus font I
-        if ( !font )
+    return -1;
+}
+
+} // anonymous namespace
+
+int wxAppTraits::WaitForChild(wxExecuteData& execData)
+{
+    if ( !(execData.flags & wxEXEC_SYNC) )
+    {
+        // asynchronous execution: just launch the process and return,
+        // endProcData will be destroyed when it terminates (currently we leak
+        // it if the process doesn't terminate before we do and this should be
+        // fixed but it's not a real leak so it's not really very high
+        // priority)
+        wxEndProcessData *endProcData = new wxEndProcessData;
+        endProcData->process = execData.process;
+        endProcData->pid = execData.pid;
+        endProcData->tag = AddProcessCallback
+                           (
+                             endProcData,
+                             execData.GetEndProcReadFD()
+                           );
+        endProcData->async = true;
+
+        return execData.pid;
+    }
+    //else: synchronous execution case
+
+#if HAS_PIPE_INPUT_STREAM
+    wxProcess * const process = execData.process;
+    if ( process && process->IsRedirected() )
+    {
+        // we can't simply block waiting for the child to terminate as we would
+        // dead lock if it writes more than the pipe buffer size (typically
+        // 4KB) bytes of output -- it would then block waiting for us to read
+        // the data while we'd block waiting for it to terminate
+        //
+        // so multiplex here waiting for any input from the child or closure of
+        // the pipe used to indicate its termination
+        wxSelectDispatcher disp;
+
+        wxEndHandler endHandler(disp, execData.GetEndProcReadFD());
+
+        wxRedirectedIOHandler outHandler(disp, execData.fdOut, execData.bufOut),
+                              errHandler(disp, execData.fdErr, execData.bufErr);
+
+        while ( !endHandler.Terminated() )
         {
-            font = wxLoadQueryFont(120, wxDEFAULT, wxNORMAL, wxNORMAL,
-                                   underlined, facename, encoding );
+            disp.Dispatch();
         }
-        // Bogus font II
-       if ( !font )
-       {
-           font = wxLoadQueryFont(120, wxDEFAULT, wxNORMAL, wxNORMAL,
-                                  underlined, wxEmptyString, encoding );
-       }
     }
+    //else: no IO redirection, just block waiting for the child to exit
+#endif // HAS_PIPE_INPUT_STREAM
 
-    return font;
+    return DoWaitForChild(execData.pid);
+}
+
+void wxHandleProcessTermination(wxEndProcessData *data)
+{
+    data->exitcode = DoWaitForChild(data->pid, WNOHANG);
+
+    // notify user about termination if required
+    if ( data->process )
+    {
+        data->process->OnTerminate(data->pid, data->exitcode);
+    }
+
+    if ( data->async )
+    {
+        // in case of asynchronous execution we don't need this data any more
+        // after the child terminates
+        delete data;
+    }
+    else // sync execution
+    {
+        // let wxExecute() know that the process has terminated
+        data->pid = 0;
+    }
 }
 
-#endif // wxUSE_GUI