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+/*
+ * Copyright © 2013 Canonical Ltd.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Authored by: Thomas Voß <thomas.voss@canonical.com>
+ */
+
+#ifndef CORE_POSIX_FORK_H_
+#define CORE_POSIX_FORK_H_
+
+#include <core/posix/child_process.h>
+#include <core/posix/standard_stream.h>
+#include <core/posix/visibility.h>
+
+#include <functional>
+
+namespace core
+{
+namespace posix
+{
+/**
+ * @brief fork forks a new process and executes the provided main function in the newly forked process.
+ * @throws std::system_error in case of errors.
+ * @param [in] main The main function of the newly forked process.
+ * @param [in] flags Specify which standard streams should be redirected to the parent process.
+ * @return An instance of ChildProcess in case of success.
+ */
+CORE_POSIX_DLL_PUBLIC ChildProcess fork(const std::function<posix::exit::Status()>& main,
+ const StandardStream& flags);
+
+/**
+ * @brief fork vforks a new process and executes the provided main function in the newly forked process.
+ * @throws std::system_error in case of errors.
+ * @param [in] main The main function of the newly forked process.
+ * @param [in] flags Specify which standard streams should be redirected to the parent process.
+ * @return An instance of ChildProcess in case of success.
+ */
+CORE_POSIX_DLL_PUBLIC ChildProcess vfork(const std::function<posix::exit::Status()>& main,
+ const StandardStream& flags);
+}
+}
+
+#endif // CORE_POSIX_FORK_H_