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+// slang-process-util.h
+#ifndef SLANG_PROCESS_UTIL_H
+#define SLANG_PROCESS_UTIL_H
+
+#include "slang-string.h"
+#include "slang-list.h"
+
+namespace Slang {
+
+struct CommandLine
+{
+    enum class ExecutableType
+    {
+        Unknown,                    ///< The executable is not specified 
+        Path,                       ///< The executable is set as a path
+        Filename,                   ///< The executable is set as a filename
+    };
+
+    void addArg(const String& in) { m_args.add(in); }
+    void addArgs(const String* args, Int argsCount) { m_args.addRange(args, argsCount); }
+    void setExecutablePath(const String& path) { m_executableType = ExecutableType::Path; m_executable = path; }
+    void setExecutableFilename(const String& filename) { m_executableType = ExecutableType::Filename; m_executable = filename; }
+
+        /// Ctor
+    CommandLine():m_executableType(ExecutableType::Unknown) {}
+
+    ExecutableType m_executableType;    ///< How the executable is specified
+    String m_executable;                ///< Executable to run 
+    List<String> m_args;          ///< The parameters to pass 
+};
+
+struct ExecuteResult
+{
+    void init()
+    {
+        resultCode = 0;
+        standardOutput = String();
+        standardError = String();
+    }
+
+    typedef int ResultCode;
+    ResultCode resultCode;
+    Slang::String standardOutput;
+    Slang::String standardError;
+};
+
+struct ProcessUtil
+{
+        /// Get the suffix used on this platform
+    static UnownedStringSlice getExecutableSuffix();
+
+        /// Output how the command line is executed on the target (with escaping and the such like)
+    static String getCommandLineString(const CommandLine& commandLine);
+
+        /// Execute the command line 
+    static SlangResult execute(const CommandLine& commandLine, ExecuteResult& outExecuteResult);
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif // SLANG_PROCESS_UTIL_H