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+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package os
+
+import (
+	"runtime"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+// Process stores the information about a process created by StartProcess.
+type Process struct {
+	Pid    int
+	handle int
+	done   bool // process has been successfuly waited on
+}
+
+func newProcess(pid, handle int) *Process {
+	p := &Process{Pid: pid, handle: handle}
+	runtime.SetFinalizer(p, (*Process).Release)
+	return p
+}
+
+// ProcAttr holds the attributes that will be applied to a new process
+// started by StartProcess.
+type ProcAttr struct {
+	// If Dir is non-empty, the child changes into the directory before
+	// creating the process.
+	Dir string
+	// If Env is non-nil, it gives the environment variables for the
+	// new process in the form returned by Environ.
+	// If it is nil, the result of Environ will be used.
+	Env []string
+	// Files specifies the open files inherited by the new process.  The
+	// first three entries correspond to standard input, standard output, and
+	// standard error.  An implementation may support additional entries,
+	// depending on the underlying operating system.  A nil entry corresponds
+	// to that file being closed when the process starts.
+	Files []*File
+
+	// Operating system-specific process creation attributes.
+	// Note that setting this field means that your program
+	// may not execute properly or even compile on some
+	// operating systems.
+	Sys *syscall.SysProcAttr
+}
+
+// A Signal can represent any operating system signal.
+type Signal interface {
+	String() string
+}
+
+// Getpid returns the process id of the caller.
+func Getpid() int { return syscall.Getpid() }
+
+// Getppid returns the process id of the caller's parent.
+func Getppid() int { return syscall.Getppid() }