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+/* Structure describing a running or dead child process.  */
+
+struct child
+  {
+    struct child *next;		/* Link in the chain.  */
+
+    struct file *file;		/* File being remade.  */
+
+    char **environment;		/* Environment for commands.  */
+
+    char **command_lines;	/* Array of variable-expanded cmd lines.  */
+    unsigned int command_line;	/* Index into above.  */
+    char *command_ptr;		/* Ptr into command_lines[command_line].  */
+
+    int pid;			/* Child process's ID number.  */
+    unsigned int remote:1;	/* Nonzero if executing remotely.  */
+
+    unsigned int noerror:1;	/* Nonzero if commands contained a `-'.  */
+
+    unsigned int good_stdin:1;	/* Nonzero if this child has a good stdin.  */
+    unsigned int deleted:1;	/* Nonzero if targets have been deleted.  */
+  };
+
+extern struct child *children;
+
+extern void new_job ();
+extern void wait_for_children ();
+extern void push_signals_blocked_p (), pop_signals_blocked_p ();
+
+extern char **construct_command_argv ();
+extern void child_execute_job ();
+extern void exec_command ();
+
+extern unsigned int job_slots_used;