#include <sys/types.h>
struct process;
+
+/* Starting and monitoring subprocesses.
+ *
+ * process_init() and process_start() may safely be called only from a
+ * single-threaded parent process. The parent process may safely create
+ * additional threads afterward, as long as the remaining functions in this
+ * group are called only from a single thread at any given time. */
void process_init(void);
-char *process_escape_args(char **argv);
int process_start(char **argv, struct process **);
void process_destroy(struct process *);
int process_kill(const struct process *, int signr);
-
pid_t process_pid(const struct process *);
const char *process_name(const struct process *);
bool process_exited(struct process *);
int process_status(const struct process *);
-char *process_status_msg(int);
-
+void process_run(void);
void process_wait(struct process *);
+/* These functions are thread-safe. */
+char *process_status_msg(int);
+char *process_escape_args(char **argv);
char *process_search_path(const char *);
#endif /* process.h */