+    // we just detach from the next handler of the chain (i.e. our "parent" -- see ctor)
+    // not also from the previous handler like wxEvtHandler::Unlink() would do:
+
+    if (m_nextHandler)
+        m_nextHandler->SetPreviousHandler(m_previousHandler);
+
+    m_nextHandler = NULL;
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// process IO redirection
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#if wxUSE_STREAMS
+
+void wxProcess::SetPipeStreams(wxInputStream *inputSstream,
+                               wxOutputStream *outputStream,
+                               wxInputStream *errorStream)
+{
+    m_inputStream  = inputSstream;
+    m_errorStream  = errorStream;
+    m_outputStream = outputStream;
+}
+
+bool wxProcess::IsInputOpened() const
+{
+    return m_inputStream && m_inputStream->GetLastError() != wxSTREAM_EOF;
+}
+
+bool wxProcess::IsInputAvailable() const
+{
+    return m_inputStream && m_inputStream->CanRead();
+}
+
+bool wxProcess::IsErrorAvailable() const
+{
+    return m_errorStream && m_errorStream->CanRead();
+}
+
+#endif // wxUSE_STREAMS
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// process killing
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/* static */
+wxKillError wxProcess::Kill(int pid, wxSignal sig, int flags)
+{
+    wxKillError rc;
+    (void)wxKill(pid, sig, &rc, flags);
+
+    return rc;
+}
+
+/* static */
+bool wxProcess::Exists(int pid)
+{
+    switch ( Kill(pid, wxSIGNONE) )
+    {
+        case wxKILL_OK:
+        case wxKILL_ACCESS_DENIED:
+            return true;
+
+        default:
+        case wxKILL_ERROR:
+        case wxKILL_BAD_SIGNAL:
+            wxFAIL_MSG( wxT("unexpected wxProcess::Kill() return code") );
+            // fall through