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+/*******************************************************************************
+  copyright:   Copyright (c) 2006 Juan Jose Comellas. All rights reserved
+  license:     BSD style: $(LICENSE)
+  author:      Juan Jose Comellas <juanjo@comellas.com.ar>
+*******************************************************************************/
+
+private import tango.io.Stdout;
+private import tango.sys.Process;
+private import tango.core.Exception;
+
+private import tango.text.stream.LineIterator;
+
+
+/**
+ * Example program for the tango.sys.Process class.
+ */
+void main()
+{
+    version (Windows)
+        char[] command = "ping -n 4 localhost";
+    else version (Posix)
+        char[] command = "ping -c 4 localhost";
+    else
+        assert(false, "Unsupported platform");
+
+    try
+    {
+        auto p = new Process(command, null);
+
+        Stdout.formatln("Executing {0}", p.toString());
+        p.execute();
+
+        Stdout.formatln("Output from process: {0} (pid {1})\n---",
+                        p.programName, p.pid);
+
+        foreach (line; new LineIterator!(char)(p.stdout))
+        {
+            Stdout.formatln("{0}", line);
+        }
+
+        Stdout.print("---\n");
+
+        auto result = p.wait();
+
+        Stdout.formatln("Process '{0}' ({1}) finished: {2}",
+                        p.programName, p.pid, result.toString());
+    }
+    catch (ProcessException e)
+    {
+        Stdout.formatln("Process execution failed: {0}", e.toString());
+    }
+    catch (IOException e)
+    {
+        Stdout.formatln("Input/output exception caught: {0}", e.toString());
+    }
+    catch (Exception e)
+    {
+        Stdout.formatln("Unexpected exception caught: {0}", e.toString());
+    }
+}