from_popen4.rb

        pw, pr, pe, ps = IO.pipe, IO.pipe, IO.pipe, IO.pipe

        verbose = $VERBOSE
        begin
          $VERBOSE = nil
          ps.last.fcntl(Fcntl::F_SETFD, Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC)

          cid = fork {
            pw.last.close
            STDIN.reopen pw.first
            pw.first.close

            pr.first.close
            STDOUT.reopen pr.last
            pr.last.close

            pe.first.close
            STDERR.reopen pe.last
            pe.last.close

            STDOUT.sync = STDERR.sync = true