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## dup2.lua

    #! /usr/bin/env lua

    local M = require 'posix.unistd'

    local function pipe()
       local r, w = M.pipe()
       assert(r ~= nil, w)
       return r, w
    end

    local stdout_r, stdout_w = pipe()
    local stderr_r, stderr_w = pipe()

    local pid, errmsg = M.fork()
    assert(pid ~= nil, errmsg)

    if pid == 0 then
       -- Child Process:

       M.close(stdout_r)
       M.close(stderr_r)

       M.dup2(stdout_w, M.STDOUT_FILENO)
       M.dup2(stderr_w, M.STDERR_FILENO)

       -- Exec() a subprocess here instead if you like --

       io.stdout:write 'output string'
       io.stderr:write 'oh noes!'
       os.exit(42)

    else
       -- Parent Process:

       M.close(stdout_w)
       M.close(stderr_w)

       local function read(msg, fd)
          local outs, errmsg = M.read(fd, 1024)
          assert(outs ~= nil, errmsg)
          print(msg, outs)
       end

       read('STDOUT:', stdout_r)
       read('STDERR:', stderr_r)

       local childpid, reason, status = require 'posix.sys.wait'.wait(pid)
       assert(childpid ~= nil, reason)
       print('child ' .. reason, status)
    end

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