+/* exitstatus.c */
+
+#define EXIT_STATUS_MSG_SIZE 32
+int format_exit_status(byte *msg, int stat);
+
+/* runcmd.c */
+
+int run_command(byte *cmd, ...);
+void NONRET exec_command(byte *cmd, ...);
+void echo_command(byte *buf, int size, byte *cmd, ...);
+int run_command_v(byte *cmd, va_list args);
+void NONRET exec_command_v(byte *cmd, va_list args);
+void echo_command_v(byte *buf, int size, byte *cmd, va_list args);
+
+/* carefulio.c */
+
+int careful_read(int fd, void *buf, int len);
+int careful_write(int fd, void *buf, int len);
+
+/* sync.c */
+
+void sync_dir(byte *name);
+
+/* sighandler.c */
+
+typedef int (*sh_sighandler_t)(int);
+ /* obtains signum, returns nonzero if abort() should be called */
+extern sh_sighandler_t signal_handler[];
+
+struct sigaction;
+void handle_signal(int signum, struct sigaction *oldact);
+void unhandle_signal(int signum, struct sigaction *oldact);
+