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+# Sentinel file wrapper for multi-process tests.
+# This is designed to avoid a set of nasty bugs, primarily on Windows,
+# where pid reuse causes watch_procs to sit around waiting for some
+# random process that's not DB's and is not exiting.
+
+source ./include.tcl
+
+# Arguments:
+#
+if { $argc < 3 } {
+	puts "FAIL: wrap.tcl: Usage: wrap.tcl script log scriptargs"
+	exit
+}
+
+set script [lindex $argv 0]
+set logfile [lindex $argv 1]
+set args [lrange $argv 2 end]
+
+# Create a sentinel file to mark our creation and signal that watch_procs
+# should look for us.
+set parentpid [pid]
+set parentsentinel $testdir/begin.$parentpid
+set f [open $parentsentinel w]
+close $f
+
+# Create a Tcl subprocess that will actually run the test.
+set t [open "|$tclsh_path >& $logfile" w]
+
+# Create a sentinel for the subprocess.
+set childpid [pid $t]
+puts "Script watcher process $parentpid launching $script process $childpid."
+set childsentinel $testdir/begin.$childpid
+set f [open $childsentinel w]
+close $f
+
+# Set up argv for the subprocess, since the args aren't passed in as true
+# arguments thanks to the pipe structure.
+puts $t "set argc [llength $args]"
+puts $t "set argv [list $args]"
+
+# Command the test to run.
+puts $t "source $test_path/$script"
+
+# Close the pipe.  This will flush the above commands and actually run the
+# test, and will also return an error a la exec if anything bad happens
+# to the subprocess.  The magic here is that closing a pipe blocks
+# and waits for the exit of processes in the pipeline, at least according
+# to Ousterhout (p. 115).
+
+set ret [catch {close $t} res]
+
+# Write ending sentinel files--we're done.
+set f [open $testdir/end.$childpid w]
+close $f
+set f [open $testdir/end.$parentpid w]
+close $f
+
+exit $ret