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+
+(* Title: Watcher.ML
+ Author: Claire Quigley
+ Copyright 2004 University of Cambridge
+*)
+
+(***************************************************************************)
+(* The watcher process starts a Spass process when it receives a *)
+(* message from Isabelle *)
+(* Signals Isabelle, puts output of child into pipe to Isabelle, *)
+(* and removes dead processes. Also possible to kill all the vampire *)
+(* processes currently running. *)
+(***************************************************************************)
+
+
+signature WATCHER =
+ sig
+
+(*****************************************************************************************)
+(* Send request to Watcher for multiple spasses to be called for filenames in arg *)
+(* callResProvers (outstreamtoWatcher, prover name,prover-command, (settings,file) list *)
+(*****************************************************************************************)
+
+val callResProvers : TextIO.outstream *(string* string*string *string*string*string) list -> unit
+
+
+
+(************************************************************************)
+(* Send message to watcher to kill currently running resolution provers *)
+(************************************************************************)
+
+val callSlayer : TextIO.outstream -> unit
+
+
+
+(**********************************************************)
+(* Start a watcher and set up signal handlers *)
+(**********************************************************)
+
+val createWatcher : thm -> TextIO.instream * TextIO.outstream * Posix.Process.pid
+
+
+
+(**********************************************************)
+(* Kill watcher process *)
+(**********************************************************)
+
+val killWatcher : (Posix.Process.pid) -> unit
+
+
+end