spew-exec is a process manager for spew ( https://github.com/lafka/spew ) Spew takes commands on stdin and forks processes that communicate with the calling process. Commands: EXEC /path/to/exec arguments creates a child process, <- HANDLE x/y <- stdout <- stderr WRITE blah writes blah to stdin of child process SIGNAL TERM sends signal TERM to child <- DIED sent by spew-exec when child is dead/reaped. :