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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+#ifndef SPAWN_POPEN_H
+#define SPAWN_POPEN_H
+
+#include "../libnetdata.h"
+
+extern SPAWN_SERVER *netdata_main_spawn_server;
+bool netdata_main_spawn_server_init(const char *name, int argc, const char **argv);
+void netdata_main_spawn_server_cleanup(void);
+
+typedef struct {
+    SPAWN_INSTANCE *si;
+    FILE *child_stdin_fp;
+    FILE *child_stdout_fp;
+} POPEN_INSTANCE;
+
+POPEN_INSTANCE *spawn_popen_run(const char *cmd);
+POPEN_INSTANCE *spawn_popen_run_argv(const char **argv);
+POPEN_INSTANCE *spawn_popen_run_variadic(const char *cmd, ...);
+int spawn_popen_wait(POPEN_INSTANCE *pi);
+int spawn_popen_kill(POPEN_INSTANCE *pi);
+
+#endif //SPAWN_POPEN_H