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diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+same as Ruby's
+
+http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/README b/README
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+NAME
+
+  systemu
+
+SYNOPSIS
+
+  univeral capture of stdout and stderr and handling of child process pid for windows, *nix, etc.
+
+URIS
+
+  http://github.com/ahoward/systemu
+  http://rubyforge.org/projects/codeforpeople/
+
+INSTALL
+
+  gem install systemu
+
+HISTORY
+  1.3.0
+    - move to github
+
+  1.2.0
+
+    - fixed handling of background thread management - needed
+      Thread.current.abort_on_exception = true
+
+    - fixed reporting of child pid, it was reported as the parent's pid before
+
+SAMPLES
+
+
+  <========< samples/a.rb >========>
+
+  ~ > cat samples/a.rb
+
+    #
+    # systemu can be used on any platform to return status, stdout, and stderr of
+    # any command.  unlike other methods like open3/popen4 there is zero danger of
+    # full pipes or threading issues hanging your process or subprocess.
+    #
+      require 'systemu'
+    
+      date = %q( ruby -e"  t = Time.now; STDOUT.puts t; STDERR.puts t  " )
+    
+      status, stdout, stderr = systemu date
+      p [ status, stdout, stderr ]
+
+  ~ > ruby samples/a.rb
+
+    [#<Process::Status: pid=5138,exited(0)>, "Thu Jan 07 13:19:37 -0700 2010\n", "Thu Jan 07 13:19:37 -0700 2010\n"]
+
+
+  <========< samples/b.rb >========>
+
+  ~ > cat samples/b.rb
+
+    #
+    # quite a few keys can be passed to the command to alter it's behaviour.  if
+    # either stdout or stderr is supplied those objects should respond_to? '<<'
+    # and only status will be returned
+    #
+      require 'systemu'
+    
+      date = %q( ruby -e"  t = Time.now; STDOUT.puts t; STDERR.puts t  " )
+    
+      stdout, stderr = '', ''
+      status = systemu date, 'stdout' => stdout, 'stderr' => stderr
+      p [ status, stdout, stderr ]
+
+  ~ > ruby samples/b.rb
+
+    [#<Process::Status: pid=5143,exited(0)>, "Thu Jan 07 13:19:38 -0700 2010\n", "Thu Jan 07 13:19:38 -0700 2010\n"]
+
+
+  <========< samples/c.rb >========>
+
+  ~ > cat samples/c.rb
+
+    #
+    # of course stdin can be supplied too.  synonyms for 'stdin' include '0' and
+    # 0.  the other stdio streams have similar shortcuts
+    #
+      require 'systemu'
+    
+      cat = %q( ruby -e"  ARGF.each{|line| puts line}  " )
+    
+      status = systemu cat, 0=>'the stdin for cat', 1=>stdout=''
+      puts stdout
+
+  ~ > ruby samples/c.rb
+
+    the stdin for cat
+
+
+  <========< samples/d.rb >========>
+
+  ~ > cat samples/d.rb
+
+    #
+    # the cwd can be supplied
+    #
+      require 'systemu'
+      require 'tmpdir'
+    
+      pwd = %q( ruby -e"  STDERR.puts Dir.pwd  " )
+    
+      status = systemu pwd, 2=>(stderr=''), :cwd=>Dir.tmpdir
+      puts stderr
+    
+
+  ~ > ruby samples/d.rb
+
+    /private/var/folders/nO/nOjBCb30ELegrm98Bhyvbk+++TM/-Tmp-
+
+
+  <========< samples/e.rb >========>
+
+  ~ > cat samples/e.rb
+
+    #
+    # any environment vars specified are merged into the child's environment
+    #
+      require 'systemu'
+    
+      env = %q( ruby -r yaml -e"  puts ENV[ 'answer' ] " )
+    
+      status = systemu env, 1=>stdout='', 'env'=>{ 'answer' => 0b101010 }
+      puts stdout
+
+  ~ > ruby samples/e.rb
+
+    42
+
+
+  <========< samples/f.rb >========>
+
+  ~ > cat samples/f.rb
+
+    #
+    # if a block is specified then it is passed the child pid and run in a
+    # background thread.  note that this thread will __not__ be blocked during the
+    # execution of the command so it may do useful work such as killing the child
+    # if execution time passes a certain threshold
+    #
+      require 'systemu'
+    
+      looper = %q( ruby -e" loop{ STDERR.puts Time.now.to_i; sleep 1 } " )
+    
+      status, stdout, stderr =
+        systemu looper do |cid|
+          sleep 3
+          Process.kill 9, cid
+        end
+    
+      p status
+      p stderr
+
+  ~ > ruby samples/f.rb
+
+    #<Process::Status: pid=5163,signaled(SIGKILL=9)>
+    "1262895578\n1262895579\n1262895580\n"
+
+
diff --git a/README.erb b/README.erb
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+NAME
+
+  systemu
+
+SYNOPSIS
+
+  univeral capture of stdout and stderr and handling of child process pid for windows, *nix, etc.
+
+URIS
+
+  http://github.com/ahoward/systemu
+  http://rubyforge.org/projects/codeforpeople/
+
+INSTALL
+
+  gem install systemu
+
+HISTORY
+  1.3.0
+    - move to github
+
+  1.2.0
+
+    - fixed handling of background thread management - needed
+      Thread.current.abort_on_exception = true
+
+    - fixed reporting of child pid, it was reported as the parent's pid before
+
+SAMPLES
+
+<%= samples %>
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
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+
+This.rubyforge_project = 'codeforpeople'
+This.author = "Ara T. Howard"
+This.email = "ara.t.howard@gmail.com"
+This.homepage = "http://github.com/ahoward/#{ This.lib }/tree/master"
+
+
+task :default do
+  puts(Rake::Task.tasks.map{|task| task.name} - ['default'])
+end
+
+
+task :gemspec do
+  ignore_extensions = 'git', 'svn', 'tmp', /sw./, 'bak', 'gem'
+  ignore_directories = 'pkg'
+  ignore_files = 'test/log'
+
+  shiteless = 
+    lambda do |list|
+      list.delete_if do |entry|
+        next unless test(?e, entry)
+        extension = File.basename(entry).split(%r/[.]/).last
+        ignore_extensions.any?{|ext| ext === extension}
+      end
+      list.delete_if do |entry|
+        next unless test(?d, entry)
+        dirname = File.expand_path(entry)
+        ignore_directories.any?{|dir| File.expand_path(dir) == dirname}
+      end
+      list.delete_if do |entry|
+        next unless test(?f, entry)
+        filename = File.expand_path(entry)
+        ignore_files.any?{|file| File.expand_path(file) == filename}
+      end
+    end
+
+  lib         = This.lib
+  object      = This.object
+  version     = This.version
+  files       = shiteless[Dir::glob("**/**")]
+  executables = shiteless[Dir::glob("bin/*")].map{|exe| File.basename(exe)}
+  has_rdoc    = true #File.exist?('doc')
+  test_files  = "test/#{ lib }.rb" if File.file?("test/#{ lib }.rb")
+  summary     = object.respond_to?(:summary) ? object.summary : "summary: #{ lib } kicks the ass"
+  description = object.respond_to?(:description) ? object.description : "description: #{ lib } kicks the ass"
+
+  extensions = This.extensions
+  if extensions.nil?
+    %w( Makefile configure extconf.rb ).each do |ext|
+      extensions << ext if File.exists?(ext)
+    end
+  end
+  extensions = [extensions].flatten.compact
+
+  template = 
+    if test(?e, 'gemspec.erb')
+      Template{ IO.read('gemspec.erb') }
+    else
+      Template {
+        <<-__
+          ## #{ lib }.gemspec
+          #
+
+          Gem::Specification::new do |spec|
+            spec.name = #{ lib.inspect }
+            spec.version = #{ version.inspect }
+            spec.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
+            spec.summary = #{ lib.inspect }
+            spec.description = #{ description.inspect }
+
+            spec.files = #{ files.inspect }
+            spec.executables = #{ executables.inspect }
+            
+            spec.require_path = "lib"
+
+            spec.has_rdoc = #{ has_rdoc.inspect }
+            spec.test_files = #{ test_files.inspect }
+            #spec.add_dependency 'lib', '>= version'
+            spec.add_dependency 'fattr'
+
+            spec.extensions.push(*#{ extensions.inspect })
+
+            spec.rubyforge_project = #{ This.rubyforge_project.inspect }
+            spec.author = #{ This.author.inspect }
+            spec.email = #{ This.email.inspect }
+            spec.homepage = #{ This.homepage.inspect }
+          end
+        __
+      }
+    end
+
+  open("#{ lib }.gemspec", "w"){|fd| fd.puts template}
+  This.gemspec = "#{ lib }.gemspec"
+end
+
+task :gem => [:clean, :gemspec] do
+  Fu.mkdir_p This.pkgdir
+  before = Dir['*.gem']
+  cmd = "gem build #{ This.gemspec }"
+  `#{ cmd }`
+  after = Dir['*.gem']
+  gem = ((after - before).first || after.first) or abort('no gem!')
+  Fu.mv gem, This.pkgdir
+  This.gem = File.basename(gem)
+end
+
+task :readme do
+  samples = ''
+  prompt = '~ > '
+  lib = This.lib
+  version = This.version
+
+  Dir['sample*/*'].sort.each do |sample|
+    samples << "\n" << "  <========< #{ sample } >========>" << "\n\n"
+
+    cmd = "cat #{ sample }"
+    samples << Util.indent(prompt + cmd, 2) << "\n\n"
+    samples << Util.indent(`#{ cmd }`, 4) << "\n"
+
+    cmd = "ruby #{ sample }"
+    samples << Util.indent(prompt + cmd, 2) << "\n\n"
+
+    cmd = "ruby -e'STDOUT.sync=true; exec %(ruby -I ./lib #{ sample })'"
+    samples << Util.indent(`#{ cmd } 2>&1`, 4) << "\n"
+  end
+
+  template = 
+    if test(?e, 'readme.erb')
+      Template{ IO.read('readme.erb') }
+    else
+      Template {
+        <<-__
+          NAME
+            #{ lib }
+
+          DESCRIPTION
+
+          INSTALL
+            gem install #{ lib }
+
+          SAMPLES
+            #{ samples }
+        __
+      }
+    end
+
+  open("README", "w"){|fd| fd.puts template}
+end
+
+
+task :clean do
+  Dir[File.join(This.pkgdir, '**/**')].each{|entry| Fu.rm_rf(entry)}
+end
+
+
+task :release => [:clean, :gemspec, :gem] do
+  gems = Dir[File.join(This.pkgdir, '*.gem')].flatten
+  raise "which one? : #{ gems.inspect }" if gems.size > 1
+  raise "no gems?" if gems.size < 1
+  cmd = "rubyforge login && rubyforge add_release #{ This.rubyforge_project } #{ This.lib } #{ This.version } #{ This.pkgdir }/#{ This.gem }"
+  puts cmd
+  system cmd
+end
+
+
+
+
+
+BEGIN {
+  $VERBOSE = nil
+
+  require 'ostruct'
+  require 'erb'
+  require 'fileutils'
+
+  Fu = FileUtils
+
+  This = OpenStruct.new
+
+  This.file = File.expand_path(__FILE__)
+  This.dir = File.dirname(This.file)
+  This.pkgdir = File.join(This.dir, 'pkg')
+
+  lib = ENV['LIB']
+  unless lib
+    lib = File.basename(Dir.pwd)
+  end
+  This.lib = lib
+
+  version = ENV['VERSION']
+  unless version
+    require "./lib/#{ This.lib }"
+    This.name = lib.capitalize
+    This.object = eval(This.name)
+    version = This.object.send(:version)
+  end
+  This.version = version
+
+  abort('no lib') unless This.lib
+  abort('no version') unless This.version
+
+  module Util
+    def indent(s, n = 2)
+      s = unindent(s)
+      ws = ' ' * n
+      s.gsub(%r/^/, ws)
+    end
+
+    def unindent(s)
+      indent = nil
+      s.each do |line|
+      next if line =~ %r/^\s*$/
+      indent = line[%r/^\s*/] and break
+    end
+    indent ? s.gsub(%r/^#{ indent }/, "") : s
+  end
+    extend self
+  end
+
+  class Template
+    def initialize(&block)
+      @block = block
+      @template = block.call.to_s
+    end
+    def expand(b=nil)
+      ERB.new(Util.unindent(@template)).result(b||@block)
+    end
+    alias_method 'to_s', 'expand'
+  end
+  def Template(*args, &block) Template.new(*args, &block) end
+
+  Dir.chdir(This.dir)
+}
diff --git a/lib/systemu.rb b/lib/systemu.rb
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+# vim: ts=2:sw=2:sts=2:et:fdm=marker
+require 'tmpdir'
+require 'socket'
+require 'fileutils'
+require 'rbconfig'
+require 'thread'
+require 'yaml'
+
+class Object
+  def systemu(*a, &b) SystemUniversal.new(*a, &b).systemu end
+end
+
+class SystemUniversal
+#
+# constants
+#
+  SystemUniversal::VERSION = '1.3.0' unless defined?  SystemUniversal::VERSION
+  def SystemUniversal.version() SystemUniversal::VERSION end
+  def version() SystemUniversal::VERSION end
+#
+# class methods
+#
+
+  @host = Socket.gethostname
+  @ppid = Process.ppid
+  @pid = Process.pid
+  @turd = ENV['SYSTEMU_TURD']
+
+  c = ::Config::CONFIG
+  ruby = File.join(c['bindir'], c['ruby_install_name']) << c['EXEEXT']
+  @ruby = if system('%s -e 42' % ruby)
+    ruby
+  else
+    system('%s -e 42' % 'ruby') ? 'ruby' : warn('no ruby in PATH/CONFIG')
+  end
+
+  class << self
+    %w( host ppid pid ruby turd ).each{|a| attr_accessor a}
+  end
+
+#
+# instance methods
+#
+
+  def initialize argv, opts = {}, &block
+    getopt = getopts opts
+
+    @argv = argv
+    @block = block
+
+    @stdin = getopt[ ['stdin', 'in', '0', 0] ]
+    @stdout = getopt[ ['stdout', 'out', '1', 1] ]
+    @stderr = getopt[ ['stderr', 'err', '2', 2] ]
+    @env = getopt[ 'env' ]
+    @cwd = getopt[ 'cwd' ]
+
+    @host = getopt[ 'host', self.class.host ]
+    @ppid = getopt[ 'ppid', self.class.ppid ]
+    @pid = getopt[ 'pid', self.class.pid ]
+    @ruby = getopt[ 'ruby', self.class.ruby ]
+  end
+
+  def systemu
+    tmpdir do |tmp|
+      c = child_setup tmp
+      status = nil
+
+      begin
+        thread = nil
+
+        quietly{
+          IO.popen "#{ @ruby } #{ c['program'] }", 'r+' do |pipe|
+            line = pipe.gets
+            case line
+              when %r/^pid: \d+$/
+                cid = Integer line[%r/\d+/] 
+              else
+                begin
+                  buf = pipe.read
+                  buf = "#{ line }#{ buf }"
+                  e = Marshal.load buf
+                  raise unless Exception === e
+                  raise e
+                rescue
+                  raise "wtf?\n#{ buf }\n"
+                end
+            end
+            thread = new_thread cid, @block if @block
+            pipe.read rescue nil
+          end
+        }
+        status = $?
+      ensure
+        if thread
+          begin
+            class << status
+              attr 'thread'
+            end
+            status.instance_eval{ @thread = thread }
+          rescue
+            42
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      if @stdout or @stderr
+        open(c['stdout']){|f| relay f => @stdout} if @stdout
+        open(c['stderr']){|f| relay f => @stderr} if @stderr
+        status
+      else
+        [status, IO.read(c['stdout']), IO.read(c['stderr'])]
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def new_thread cid, block 
+    q = Queue.new
+    Thread.new(cid) do |cid| 
+      current = Thread.current 
+      current.abort_on_exception = true
+      q.push current 
+      block.call cid
+    end
+    q.pop
+  end
+
+  def child_setup tmp
+    stdin = File.expand_path(File.join(tmp, 'stdin'))
+    stdout = File.expand_path(File.join(tmp, 'stdout'))
+    stderr = File.expand_path(File.join(tmp, 'stderr'))
+    program = File.expand_path(File.join(tmp, 'program'))
+    config = File.expand_path(File.join(tmp, 'config'))
+
+    if @stdin
+      open(stdin, 'w'){|f| relay @stdin => f}
+    else
+      FileUtils.touch stdin
+    end
+    FileUtils.touch stdout
+    FileUtils.touch stderr
+
+    c = {}
+    c['argv'] = @argv
+    c['env'] = @env
+    c['cwd'] = @cwd
+    c['stdin'] = stdin 
+    c['stdout'] = stdout 
+    c['stderr'] = stderr 
+    c['program'] = program 
+    open(config, 'w'){|f| YAML.dump c, f}
+
+    open(program, 'w'){|f| f.write child_program(config)}
+
+    c
+  end
+
+  def quietly
+    v = $VERBOSE
+    $VERBOSE = nil
+    yield
+  ensure
+    $VERBOSE = v
+  end
+
+  def child_program config
+    <<-program
+      PIPE = STDOUT.dup
+      begin
+        require 'yaml'
+
+        config = YAML.load(IO.read('#{ config }'))
+
+        argv = config['argv']
+        env = config['env']
+        cwd = config['cwd']
+        stdin = config['stdin']
+        stdout = config['stdout']
+        stderr = config['stderr']
+
+        Dir.chdir cwd if cwd
+        env.each{|k,v| ENV[k.to_s] = v.to_s} if env
+
+        STDIN.reopen stdin
+        STDOUT.reopen stdout
+        STDERR.reopen stderr
+
+        PIPE.puts "pid: \#{ Process.pid }"
+        PIPE.flush                        ### the process is ready yo! 
+        PIPE.close
+
+        exec *argv
+      rescue Exception => e
+        PIPE.write Marshal.dump(e) rescue nil
+        exit 42
+      end
+    program
+  end
+
+  def relay srcdst
+    src, dst, ignored = srcdst.to_a.first
+    if src.respond_to? 'read'
+      while((buf = src.read(8192))); dst << buf; end
+    else
+      src.each{|buf| dst << buf}
+    end
+  end
+
+  def tmpdir d = Dir.tmpdir, max = 42, &b
+    i = -1 and loop{
+      i += 1
+
+      tmp = File.join d, "systemu_#{ @host }_#{ @ppid }_#{ @pid }_#{ rand }_#{ i += 1 }"
+
+      begin
+        Dir.mkdir tmp 
+      rescue Errno::EEXIST
+        raise if i >= max 
+        next
+      end
+
+      break(
+        if b
+          begin
+            b.call tmp
+          ensure
+            FileUtils.rm_rf tmp unless SystemU.turd 
+          end
+        else
+          tmp
+        end
+      )
+    }
+  end
+
+  def getopts opts = {}
+    lambda do |*args|
+      keys, default, ignored = args
+      catch('opt') do
+        [keys].flatten.each do |key|
+          [key, key.to_s, key.to_s.intern].each do |key|
+            throw 'opt', opts[key] if opts.has_key?(key)
+          end
+        end
+        default
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+SystemU = SystemUniversal unless defined? SystemU
+Systemu = SystemUniversal unless defined? Systemu
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+if $0 == __FILE__
+#
+# date
+#
+  date = %q( ruby -e"  t = Time.now; STDOUT.puts t; STDERR.puts t  " )
+
+  status, stdout, stderr = systemu date
+  p [status, stdout, stderr]
+
+  status = systemu date, 1=>(stdout = '')
+  p [status, stdout]
+
+  status = systemu date, 2=>(stderr = '')
+  p [status, stderr]
+#
+# sleep
+#
+  sleep = %q( ruby -e"  p(sleep(1))  " )
+  status, stdout, stderr = systemu sleep 
+  p [status, stdout, stderr]
+
+  sleep = %q( ruby -e"  p(sleep(42))  " )
+  status, stdout, stderr = systemu(sleep){|cid| Process.kill 9, cid}
+  p [status, stdout, stderr]
+#
+# env 
+#
+  env = %q( ruby -e"  p ENV['A']  " )
+  status, stdout, stderr = systemu env, :env => {'A' => 42} 
+  p [status, stdout, stderr]
+#
+# cwd 
+#
+  env = %q( ruby -e"  p Dir.pwd  " )
+  status, stdout, stderr = systemu env, :cwd => Dir.tmpdir
+  p [status, stdout, stderr]
+end
diff --git a/samples/a.rb b/samples/a.rb
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+#
+# systemu can be used on any platform to return status, stdout, and stderr of
+# any command.  unlike other methods like open3/popen4 there is zero danger of
+# full pipes or threading issues hanging your process or subprocess.
+#
+  require 'systemu'
+
+  date = %q( ruby -e"  t = Time.now; STDOUT.puts t; STDERR.puts t  " )
+
+  status, stdout, stderr = systemu date
+  p [ status, stdout, stderr ]
diff --git a/samples/b.rb b/samples/b.rb
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+++ b/samples/b.rb
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+#
+# quite a few keys can be passed to the command to alter it's behaviour.  if
+# either stdout or stderr is supplied those objects should respond_to? '<<'
+# and only status will be returned
+#
+  require 'systemu'
+
+  date = %q( ruby -e"  t = Time.now; STDOUT.puts t; STDERR.puts t  " )
+
+  stdout, stderr = '', ''
+  status = systemu date, 'stdout' => stdout, 'stderr' => stderr
+  p [ status, stdout, stderr ]
diff --git a/samples/c.rb b/samples/c.rb
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+++ b/samples/c.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#
+# of course stdin can be supplied too.  synonyms for 'stdin' include '0' and
+# 0.  the other stdio streams have similar shortcuts
+#
+  require 'systemu'
+
+  cat = %q( ruby -e"  ARGF.each{|line| puts line}  " )
+
+  status = systemu cat, 0=>'the stdin for cat', 1=>stdout=''
+  puts stdout
diff --git a/samples/d.rb b/samples/d.rb
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/d.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#
+# the cwd can be supplied
+#
+  require 'systemu'
+  require 'tmpdir'
+
+  pwd = %q( ruby -e"  STDERR.puts Dir.pwd  " )
+
+  status = systemu pwd, 2=>(stderr=''), :cwd=>Dir.tmpdir
+  puts stderr
+
diff --git a/samples/e.rb b/samples/e.rb
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/e.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#
+# any environment vars specified are merged into the child's environment
+#
+  require 'systemu'
+
+  env = %q( ruby -r yaml -e"  puts ENV[ 'answer' ] " )
+
+  status = systemu env, 1=>stdout='', 'env'=>{ 'answer' => 0b101010 }
+  puts stdout
diff --git a/samples/f.rb b/samples/f.rb
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+++ b/samples/f.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#
+# if a block is specified then it is passed the child pid and run in a
+# background thread.  note that this thread will __not__ be blocked during the
+# execution of the command so it may do useful work such as killing the child
+# if execution time passes a certain threshold
+#
+  require 'systemu'
+
+  looper = %q( ruby -e" loop{ STDERR.puts Time.now.to_i; sleep 1 } " )
+
+  status, stdout, stderr =
+    systemu looper do |cid|
+      sleep 3
+      Process.kill 9, cid
+    end
+
+  p status
+  p stderr
diff --git a/systemu.gemspec b/systemu.gemspec
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+++ b/systemu.gemspec
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+## systemu.gemspec
+#
+
+Gem::Specification::new do |spec|
+  spec.name = "systemu"
+  spec.version = "1.8.6"
+  spec.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
+  spec.summary = "systemu"
+  spec.description = "description: systemu kicks the ass"
+
+  spec.files = ["lib", "lib/systemu.rb", "LICENSE", "Rakefile", "README.erb", "samples", "samples/a.rb", "samples/b.rb", "samples/c.rb", "samples/d.rb", "samples/e.rb", "samples/f.rb", "systemu.gemspec"]
+  spec.executables = []
+  
+  spec.require_path = "lib"
+
+  spec.has_rdoc = true
+  spec.test_files = nil
+  #spec.add_dependency 'lib', '>= version'
+  spec.add_dependency 'fattr'
+
+  spec.extensions.push(*[])
+
+  spec.rubyforge_project = "codeforpeople"
+  spec.author = "Ara T. Howard"
+  spec.email = "ara.t.howard@gmail.com"
+  spec.homepage = "http://github.com/ahoward/systemu/tree/master"
+end