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-rw-r--r--compiler/main.nim4
-rw-r--r--compiler/scriptconfig.nim13
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/os.nim526
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/ospaths.nim560
-rw-r--r--lib/pure/osproc.nim77
-rw-r--r--lib/system/nimscript.nim27
-rw-r--r--todo.txt2
7 files changed, 644 insertions, 565 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/main.nim b/compiler/main.nim
index 7c043eb72..3bb6fc343 100644
--- a/compiler/main.nim
+++ b/compiler/main.nim
@@ -355,7 +355,9 @@ proc mainCommand* =
     gGlobalOptions.incl(optCaasEnabled)
     msgs.gErrorMax = high(int)  # do not stop after first error
     serve(mainCommand)
-  of "nop", "help": discard
+  of "nop", "help":
+    # prevent the "success" message:
+    gCmd = cmdDump
   else:
     rawMessage(errInvalidCommandX, command)
 
diff --git a/compiler/scriptconfig.nim b/compiler/scriptconfig.nim
index 148a382c2..115ce940d 100644
--- a/compiler/scriptconfig.nim
+++ b/compiler/scriptconfig.nim
@@ -68,9 +68,20 @@ proc setupVM*(module: PSym; scriptName: string): PEvalContext =
     setResult(a, os.getCurrentDir())
   cbos moveFile:
     os.moveFile(getString(a, 0), getString(a, 1))
+  cbos copyFile:
+    os.copyFile(getString(a, 0), getString(a, 1))
   cbos getLastModificationTime:
     setResult(a, toSeconds(getLastModificationTime(getString(a, 0))))
 
+  cbconf getEnv:
+    setResult(a, os.getEnv(a.getString 0))
+  cbconf existsEnv:
+    setResult(a, os.existsEnv(a.getString 0))
+  cbconf dirExists:
+    setResult(a, os.dirExists(a.getString 0))
+  cbconf fileExists:
+    setResult(a, os.fileExists(a.getString 0))
+
   cbconf thisDir:
     setResult(a, vthisDir)
   cbconf put:
@@ -87,6 +98,8 @@ proc setupVM*(module: PSym; scriptName: string): PEvalContext =
     setResult(a, os.paramCount())
   cbconf cmpIgnoreStyle:
     setResult(a, strutils.cmpIgnoreStyle(a.getString 0, a.getString 1))
+  cbconf cmpIgnoreCase:
+    setResult(a, strutils.cmpIgnoreCase(a.getString 0, a.getString 1))
   cbconf setCommand:
     options.command = a.getString 0
   cbconf getCommand:
diff --git a/lib/pure/os.nim b/lib/pure/os.nim
index 3d592a526..f413371cb 100644
--- a/lib/pure/os.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/os.nim
@@ -27,147 +27,7 @@ else:
   {.error: "OS module not ported to your operating system!".}
 
 include "system/ansi_c"
-
-type
-  ReadEnvEffect* = object of ReadIOEffect   ## effect that denotes a read
-                                            ## from an environment variable
-  WriteEnvEffect* = object of WriteIOEffect ## effect that denotes a write
-                                            ## to an environment variable
-
-  ReadDirEffect* = object of ReadIOEffect   ## effect that denotes a write
-                                            ## operation to the directory structure
-  WriteDirEffect* = object of WriteIOEffect ## effect that denotes a write operation to
-                                            ## the directory structure
-
-  OSErrorCode* = distinct int32 ## Specifies an OS Error Code.
-
-{.deprecated: [FReadEnv: ReadEnvEffect, FWriteEnv: WriteEnvEffect,
-    FReadDir: ReadDirEffect,
-    FWriteDir: WriteDirEffect,
-    TOSErrorCode: OSErrorCode
-].}
-const
-  doslike = defined(windows) or defined(OS2) or defined(DOS)
-    # DOS-like filesystem
-
-when defined(Nimdoc): # only for proper documentation:
-  const
-    CurDir* = '.'
-      ## The constant string used by the operating system to refer to the
-      ## current directory.
-      ##
-      ## For example: '.' for POSIX or ':' for the classic Macintosh.
-
-    ParDir* = ".."
-      ## The constant string used by the operating system to refer to the
-      ## parent directory.
-      ##
-      ## For example: ".." for POSIX or "::" for the classic Macintosh.
-
-    DirSep* = '/'
-      ## The character used by the operating system to separate pathname
-      ## components, for example, '/' for POSIX or ':' for the classic
-      ## Macintosh.
-
-    AltSep* = '/'
-      ## An alternative character used by the operating system to separate
-      ## pathname components, or the same as `DirSep` if only one separator
-      ## character exists. This is set to '/' on Windows systems where `DirSep`
-      ## is a backslash.
-
-    PathSep* = ':'
-      ## The character conventionally used by the operating system to separate
-      ## search patch components (as in PATH), such as ':' for POSIX or ';' for
-      ## Windows.
-
-    FileSystemCaseSensitive* = true
-      ## true if the file system is case sensitive, false otherwise. Used by
-      ## `cmpPaths` to compare filenames properly.
-
-    ExeExt* = ""
-      ## The file extension of native executables. For example:
-      ## "" for POSIX, "exe" on Windows.
-
-    ScriptExt* = ""
-      ## The file extension of a script file. For example: "" for POSIX,
-      ## "bat" on Windows.
-
-    DynlibFormat* = "lib$1.so"
-      ## The format string to turn a filename into a `DLL`:idx: file (also
-      ## called `shared object`:idx: on some operating systems).
-
-elif defined(macos):
-  const
-    CurDir* = ':'
-    ParDir* = "::"
-    DirSep* = ':'
-    AltSep* = Dirsep
-    PathSep* = ','
-    FileSystemCaseSensitive* = false
-    ExeExt* = ""
-    ScriptExt* = ""
-    DynlibFormat* = "$1.dylib"
-
-  #  MacOS paths
-  #  ===========
-  #  MacOS directory separator is a colon ":" which is the only character not
-  #  allowed in filenames.
-  #
-  #  A path containing no colon or which begins with a colon is a partial path.
-  #  E.g. ":kalle:petter" ":kalle" "kalle"
-  #
-  #  All other paths are full (absolute) paths. E.g. "HD:kalle:" "HD:"
-  #  When generating paths, one is safe if one ensures that all partial paths
-  #  begin with a colon, and all full paths end with a colon.
-  #  In full paths the first name (e g HD above) is the name of a mounted
-  #  volume.
-  #  These names are not unique, because, for instance, two diskettes with the
-  #  same names could be inserted. This means that paths on MacOS are not
-  #  waterproof. In case of equal names the first volume found will do.
-  #  Two colons "::" are the relative path to the parent. Three is to the
-  #  grandparent etc.
-elif doslike:
-  const
-    CurDir* = '.'
-    ParDir* = ".."
-    DirSep* = '\\' # seperator within paths
-    AltSep* = '/'
-    PathSep* = ';' # seperator between paths
-    FileSystemCaseSensitive* = false
-    ExeExt* = "exe"
-    ScriptExt* = "bat"
-    DynlibFormat* = "$1.dll"
-elif defined(PalmOS) or defined(MorphOS):
-  const
-    DirSep* = '/'
-    AltSep* = Dirsep
-    PathSep* = ';'
-    ParDir* = ".."
-    FileSystemCaseSensitive* = false
-    ExeExt* = ""
-    ScriptExt* = ""
-    DynlibFormat* = "$1.prc"
-elif defined(RISCOS):
-  const
-    DirSep* = '.'
-    AltSep* = '.'
-    ParDir* = ".." # is this correct?
-    PathSep* = ','
-    FileSystemCaseSensitive* = true
-    ExeExt* = ""
-    ScriptExt* = ""
-    DynlibFormat* = "lib$1.so"
-else: # UNIX-like operating system
-  const
-    CurDir* = '.'
-    ParDir* = ".."
-    DirSep* = '/'
-    AltSep* = DirSep
-    PathSep* = ':'
-    FileSystemCaseSensitive* = true
-    ExeExt* = ""
-    ScriptExt* = ""
-    DynlibFormat* = when defined(macosx): "lib$1.dylib" else: "lib$1.so"
+include ospaths
 
 when defined(posix):
   when NoFakeVars:
@@ -177,11 +37,6 @@ when defined(posix):
     var
       pathMax {.importc: "PATH_MAX", header: "<stdlib.h>".}: cint
 
-const
-  ExtSep* = '.'
-    ## The character which separates the base filename from the extension;
-    ## for example, the '.' in ``os.nim``.
-
 proc osErrorMsg*(): string {.rtl, extern: "nos$1", deprecated.} =
   ## Retrieves the operating system's error flag, ``errno``.
   ## On Windows ``GetLastError`` is checked before ``errno``.
@@ -300,61 +155,6 @@ proc osLastError*(): OSErrorCode =
     result = OSErrorCode(errno)
 {.pop.}
 
-proc unixToNativePath*(path: string, drive=""): string {.
-  noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nos$1".} =
-  ## Converts an UNIX-like path to a native one.
-  ##
-  ## On an UNIX system this does nothing. Else it converts
-  ## '/', '.', '..' to the appropriate things.
-  ##
-  ## On systems with a concept of "drives", `drive` is used to determine
-  ## which drive label to use during absolute path conversion.
-  ## `drive` defaults to the drive of the current working directory, and is
-  ## ignored on systems that do not have a concept of "drives".
-
-  when defined(unix):
-    result = path
-  else:
-    var start: int
-    if path[0] == '/':
-      # an absolute path
-      when doslike:
-        if drive != "":
-          result = drive & ":" & DirSep
-        else:
-          result = $DirSep
-      elif defined(macos):
-        result = "" # must not start with ':'
-      else:
-        result = $DirSep
-      start = 1
-    elif path[0] == '.' and path[1] == '/':
-      # current directory
-      result = $CurDir
-      start = 2
-    else:
-      result = ""
-      start = 0
-
-    var i = start
-    while i < len(path): # ../../../ --> ::::
-      if path[i] == '.' and path[i+1] == '.' and path[i+2] == '/':
-        # parent directory
-        when defined(macos):
-          if result[high(result)] == ':':
-            add result, ':'
-          else:
-            add result, ParDir
-        else:
-          add result, ParDir & DirSep
-        inc(i, 3)
-      elif path[i] == '/':
-        add result, DirSep
-        inc(i)
-      else:
-        add result, path[i]
-        inc(i)
-
 when defined(windows):
   when useWinUnicode:
     template wrapUnary(varname, winApiProc, arg: expr) {.immediate.} =
@@ -518,220 +318,6 @@ proc setCurrentDir*(newDir: string) {.inline, tags: [].} =
   else:
     if chdir(newDir) != 0'i32: raiseOSError(osLastError())
 
-proc joinPath*(head, tail: string): string {.
-  noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nos$1".} =
-  ## Joins two directory names to one.
-  ##
-  ## For example on Unix:
-  ##
-  ## .. code-block:: nim
-  ##   joinPath("usr", "lib")
-  ##
-  ## results in:
-  ##
-  ## .. code-block:: nim
-  ##   "usr/lib"
-  ##
-  ## If head is the empty string, tail is returned. If tail is the empty
-  ## string, head is returned with a trailing path separator. If tail starts
-  ## with a path separator it will be removed when concatenated to head. Other
-  ## path separators not located on boundaries won't be modified. More
-  ## examples on Unix:
-  ##
-  ## .. code-block:: nim
-  ##   assert joinPath("usr", "") == "usr/"
-  ##   assert joinPath("", "lib") == "lib"
-  ##   assert joinPath("", "/lib") == "/lib"
-  ##   assert joinPath("usr/", "/lib") == "usr/lib"
-  if len(head) == 0:
-    result = tail
-  elif head[len(head)-1] in {DirSep, AltSep}:
-    if tail[0] in {DirSep, AltSep}:
-      result = head & substr(tail, 1)
-    else:
-      result = head & tail
-  else:
-    if tail[0] in {DirSep, AltSep}:
-      result = head & tail
-    else:
-      result = head & DirSep & tail
-
-proc joinPath*(parts: varargs[string]): string {.noSideEffect,
-  rtl, extern: "nos$1OpenArray".} =
-  ## The same as `joinPath(head, tail)`, but works with any number of directory
-  ## parts. You need to pass at least one element or the proc will assert in
-  ## debug builds and crash on release builds.
-  result = parts[0]
-  for i in 1..high(parts):
-    result = joinPath(result, parts[i])
-
-proc `/` * (head, tail: string): string {.noSideEffect.} =
-  ## The same as ``joinPath(head, tail)``
-  ##
-  ## Here are some examples for Unix:
-  ##
-  ## .. code-block:: nim
-  ##   assert "usr" / "" == "usr/"
-  ##   assert "" / "lib" == "lib"
-  ##   assert "" / "/lib" == "/lib"
-  ##   assert "usr/" / "/lib" == "usr/lib"
-  return joinPath(head, tail)
-
-proc splitPath*(path: string): tuple[head, tail: string] {.
-  noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nos$1".} =
-  ## Splits a directory into (head, tail), so that
-  ## ``head / tail == path`` (except for edge cases like "/usr").
-  ##
-  ## Examples:
-  ##
-  ## .. code-block:: nim
-  ##   splitPath("usr/local/bin") -> ("usr/local", "bin")
-  ##   splitPath("usr/local/bin/") -> ("usr/local/bin", "")
-  ##   splitPath("bin") -> ("", "bin")
-  ##   splitPath("/bin") -> ("", "bin")
-  ##   splitPath("") -> ("", "")
-  var sepPos = -1
-  for i in countdown(len(path)-1, 0):
-    if path[i] in {DirSep, AltSep}:
-      sepPos = i
-      break
-  if sepPos >= 0:
-    result.head = substr(path, 0, sepPos-1)
-    result.tail = substr(path, sepPos+1)
-  else:
-    result.head = ""
-    result.tail = path
-
-proc parentDirPos(path: string): int =
-  var q = 1
-  if len(path) >= 1 and path[len(path)-1] in {DirSep, AltSep}: q = 2
-  for i in countdown(len(path)-q, 0):
-    if path[i] in {DirSep, AltSep}: return i
-  result = -1
-
-proc parentDir*(path: string): string {.
-  noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nos$1".} =
-  ## Returns the parent directory of `path`.
-  ##
-  ## This is often the same as the ``head`` result of ``splitPath``.
-  ## If there is no parent, "" is returned.
-  ## | Example: ``parentDir("/usr/local/bin") == "/usr/local"``.
-  ## | Example: ``parentDir("/usr/local/bin/") == "/usr/local"``.
-  let sepPos = parentDirPos(path)
-  if sepPos >= 0:
-    result = substr(path, 0, sepPos-1)
-  else:
-    result = ""
-
-proc tailDir*(path: string): string {.
-  noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nos$1".} =
-  ## Returns the tail part of `path`..
-  ##
-  ## | Example: ``tailDir("/usr/local/bin") == "local/bin"``.
-  ## | Example: ``tailDir("usr/local/bin/") == "local/bin"``.
-  ## | Example: ``tailDir("bin") == ""``.
-  var q = 1
-  if len(path) >= 1 and path[len(path)-1] in {DirSep, AltSep}: q = 2
-  for i in 0..len(path)-q:
-    if path[i] in {DirSep, AltSep}:
-      return substr(path, i+1)
-  result = ""
-
-proc isRootDir*(path: string): bool {.
-  noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nos$1".} =
-  ## Checks whether a given `path` is a root directory
-  result = parentDirPos(path) < 0
-
-iterator parentDirs*(path: string, fromRoot=false, inclusive=true): string =
-  ## Walks over all parent directories of a given `path`
-  ##
-  ## If `fromRoot` is set, the traversal will start from the file system root
-  ## diretory. If `inclusive` is set, the original argument will be included
-  ## in the traversal.
-  ##
-  ## Relative paths won't be expanded by this proc. Instead, it will traverse
-  ## only the directories appearing in the relative path.
-  if not fromRoot:
-    var current = path
-    if inclusive: yield path
-    while true:
-      if current.isRootDir: break
-      current = current.parentDir
-      yield current
-  else:
-    for i in countup(0, path.len - 2): # ignore the last /
-      # deal with non-normalized paths such as /foo//bar//baz
-      if path[i] in {DirSep, AltSep} and
-          (i == 0 or path[i-1] notin {DirSep, AltSep}):
-        yield path.substr(0, i)
-
-    if inclusive: yield path
-
-proc `/../` * (head, tail: string): string {.noSideEffect.} =
-  ## The same as ``parentDir(head) / tail`` unless there is no parent directory.
-  ## Then ``head / tail`` is performed instead.
-  let sepPos = parentDirPos(head)
-  if sepPos >= 0:
-    result = substr(head, 0, sepPos-1) / tail
-  else:
-    result = head / tail
-
-proc normExt(ext: string): string =
-  if ext == "" or ext[0] == ExtSep: result = ext # no copy needed here
-  else: result = ExtSep & ext
-
-proc searchExtPos(s: string): int =
-  # BUGFIX: do not search until 0! .DS_Store is no file extension!
-  result = -1
-  for i in countdown(len(s)-1, 1):
-    if s[i] == ExtSep:
-      result = i
-      break
-    elif s[i] in {DirSep, AltSep}:
-      break # do not skip over path
-
-proc splitFile*(path: string): tuple[dir, name, ext: string] {.
-  noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nos$1".} =
-  ## Splits a filename into (dir, filename, extension).
-  ## `dir` does not end in `DirSep`.
-  ## `extension` includes the leading dot.
-  ##
-  ## Example:
-  ##
-  ## .. code-block:: nim
-  ##   var (dir, name, ext) = splitFile("usr/local/nimc.html")
-  ##   assert dir == "usr/local"
-  ##   assert name == "nimc"
-  ##   assert ext == ".html"
-  ##
-  ## If `path` has no extension, `ext` is the empty string.
-  ## If `path` has no directory component, `dir` is the empty string.
-  ## If `path` has no filename component, `name` and `ext` are empty strings.
-  if path.len == 0 or path[path.len-1] in {DirSep, AltSep}:
-    result = (path, "", "")
-  else:
-    var sepPos = -1
-    var dotPos = path.len
-    for i in countdown(len(path)-1, 0):
-      if path[i] == ExtSep:
-        if dotPos == path.len and i > 0 and
-            path[i-1] notin {DirSep, AltSep}: dotPos = i
-      elif path[i] in {DirSep, AltSep}:
-        sepPos = i
-        break
-    result.dir = substr(path, 0, sepPos-1)
-    result.name = substr(path, sepPos+1, dotPos-1)
-    result.ext = substr(path, dotPos)
-
-proc extractFilename*(path: string): string {.
-  noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nos$1".} =
-  ## Extracts the filename of a given `path`. This is the same as
-  ## ``name & ext`` from ``splitFile(path)``.
-  if path.len == 0 or path[path.len-1] in {DirSep, AltSep}:
-    result = ""
-  else:
-    result = splitPath(path).tail
-
 proc expandFilename*(filename: string): string {.rtl, extern: "nos$1",
   tags: [ReadDirEffect].} =
   ## Returns the full path of `filename`, raises OSError in case of an error.
@@ -757,61 +343,6 @@ proc expandFilename*(filename: string): string {.rtl, extern: "nos$1",
     if r.isNil: raiseOSError(osLastError())
     setLen(result, c_strlen(result))
 
-proc changeFileExt*(filename, ext: string): string {.
-  noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nos$1".} =
-  ## Changes the file extension to `ext`.
-  ##
-  ## If the `filename` has no extension, `ext` will be added.
-  ## If `ext` == "" then any extension is removed.
-  ## `Ext` should be given without the leading '.', because some
-  ## filesystems may use a different character. (Although I know
-  ## of none such beast.)
-  var extPos = searchExtPos(filename)
-  if extPos < 0: result = filename & normExt(ext)
-  else: result = substr(filename, 0, extPos-1) & normExt(ext)
-
-proc addFileExt*(filename, ext: string): string {.
-  noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nos$1".} =
-  ## Adds the file extension `ext` to `filename`, unless
-  ## `filename` already has an extension.
-  ##
-  ## `Ext` should be given without the leading '.', because some
-  ## filesystems may use a different character.
-  ## (Although I know of none such beast.)
-  var extPos = searchExtPos(filename)
-  if extPos < 0: result = filename & normExt(ext)
-  else: result = filename
-
-proc cmpPaths*(pathA, pathB: string): int {.
-  noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nos$1".} =
-  ## Compares two paths.
-  ##
-  ## On a case-sensitive filesystem this is done
-  ## case-sensitively otherwise case-insensitively. Returns:
-  ##
-  ## | 0 iff pathA == pathB
-  ## | < 0 iff pathA < pathB
-  ## | > 0 iff pathA > pathB
-  if FileSystemCaseSensitive:
-    result = cmp(pathA, pathB)
-  else:
-    result = cmpIgnoreCase(pathA, pathB)
-
-proc isAbsolute*(path: string): bool {.rtl, noSideEffect, extern: "nos$1".} =
-  ## Checks whether a given `path` is absolute.
-  ##
-  ## On Windows, network paths are considered absolute too.
-  when doslike:
-    var len = len(path)
-    result = (len > 1 and path[0] in {'/', '\\'}) or
-             (len > 2 and path[0] in Letters and path[1] == ':')
-  elif defined(macos):
-    result = path.len > 0 and path[0] != ':'
-  elif defined(RISCOS):
-    result = path[0] == '$'
-  elif defined(posix):
-    result = path[0] == '/'
-
 when defined(Windows):
   proc openHandle(path: string, followSymlink=true): Handle =
     var flags = FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS or FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL
@@ -1649,24 +1180,7 @@ proc exclFilePermissions*(filename: string,
   ##   setFilePermissions(filename, getFilePermissions(filename)-permissions)
   setFilePermissions(filename, getFilePermissions(filename)-permissions)
 
-proc getHomeDir*(): string {.rtl, extern: "nos$1", tags: [ReadEnvEffect].} =
-  ## Returns the home directory of the current user.
-  ##
-  ## This proc is wrapped by the expandTilde proc for the convenience of
-  ## processing paths coming from user configuration files.
-  when defined(windows): return string(getEnv("USERPROFILE")) & "\\"
-  else: return string(getEnv("HOME")) & "/"
-
-proc getConfigDir*(): string {.rtl, extern: "nos$1", tags: [ReadEnvEffect].} =
-  ## Returns the config directory of the current user for applications.
-  when defined(windows): return string(getEnv("APPDATA")) & "\\"
-  else: return string(getEnv("HOME")) & "/.config/"
-
-proc getTempDir*(): string {.rtl, extern: "nos$1", tags: [ReadEnvEffect].} =
-  ## Returns the temporary directory of the current user for applications to
-  ## save temporary files in.
-  when defined(windows): return string(getEnv("TEMP")) & "\\"
-  else: return "/tmp/"
+include ospaths
 
 proc expandSymlink*(symlinkPath: string): string =
   ## Returns a string representing the path to which the symbolic link points.
@@ -1907,42 +1421,6 @@ proc getFileSize*(file: string): BiggestInt {.rtl, extern: "nos$1",
       close(f)
     else: raiseOSError(osLastError())
 
-proc expandTilde*(path: string): string {.tags: [ReadEnvEffect].} =
-  ## Expands a path starting with ``~/`` to a full path.
-  ##
-  ## If `path` starts with the tilde character and is followed by `/` or `\\`
-  ## this proc will return the reminder of the path appended to the result of
-  ## the getHomeDir() proc, otherwise the input path will be returned without
-  ## modification.
-  ##
-  ## The behaviour of this proc is the same on the Windows platform despite not
-  ## having this convention. Example:
-  ##
-  ## .. code-block:: nim
-  ##   let configFile = expandTilde("~" / "appname.cfg")
-  ##   echo configFile
-  ##   # --> C:\Users\amber\appname.cfg
-  if len(path) > 1 and path[0] == '~' and (path[1] == '/' or path[1] == '\\'):
-    result = getHomeDir() / path[2..len(path)-1]
-  else:
-    result = path
-
-proc findExe*(exe: string): string {.tags: [ReadDirEffect, ReadEnvEffect].} =
-  ## Searches for `exe` in the current working directory and then
-  ## in directories listed in the ``PATH`` environment variable.
-  ## Returns "" if the `exe` cannot be found. On DOS-like platforms, `exe`
-  ## is added the `ExeExt <#ExeExt>`_ file extension if it has none.
-  result = addFileExt(exe, os.ExeExt)
-  if existsFile(result): return
-  var path = string(os.getEnv("PATH"))
-  for candidate in split(path, PathSep):
-    when defined(windows):
-      var x = candidate / result
-    else:
-      var x = expandTilde(candidate) / result
-    if existsFile(x): return x
-  result = ""
-
 when defined(Windows):
   type
     DeviceId* = int32
diff --git a/lib/pure/ospaths.nim b/lib/pure/ospaths.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55962a6a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/pure/ospaths.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,560 @@
+#
+#
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
+#        (c) Copyright 2015 Andreas Rumpf
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+# Included by the ``os`` module but a module in its own right for NimScript
+# support.
+
+when defined(nimscript):
+  {.pragma: rtl.}
+  {.push hint[ConvFromXtoItselfNotNeeded]:off.}
+
+when not declared(getEnv) or defined(nimscript):
+  type
+    ReadEnvEffect* = object of ReadIOEffect   ## effect that denotes a read
+                                              ## from an environment variable
+    WriteEnvEffect* = object of WriteIOEffect ## effect that denotes a write
+                                              ## to an environment variable
+
+    ReadDirEffect* = object of ReadIOEffect   ## effect that denotes a write
+                                              ## operation to the directory structure
+    WriteDirEffect* = object of WriteIOEffect ## effect that denotes a write operation to
+                                              ## the directory structure
+
+    OSErrorCode* = distinct int32 ## Specifies an OS Error Code.
+
+  {.deprecated: [FReadEnv: ReadEnvEffect, FWriteEnv: WriteEnvEffect,
+      FReadDir: ReadDirEffect,
+      FWriteDir: WriteDirEffect,
+      TOSErrorCode: OSErrorCode
+  ].}
+  const
+    doslike = defined(windows) or defined(OS2) or defined(DOS)
+      # DOS-like filesystem
+
+  when defined(Nimdoc): # only for proper documentation:
+    const
+      CurDir* = '.'
+        ## The constant string used by the operating system to refer to the
+        ## current directory.
+        ##
+        ## For example: '.' for POSIX or ':' for the classic Macintosh.
+
+      ParDir* = ".."
+        ## The constant string used by the operating system to refer to the
+        ## parent directory.
+        ##
+        ## For example: ".." for POSIX or "::" for the classic Macintosh.
+
+      DirSep* = '/'
+        ## The character used by the operating system to separate pathname
+        ## components, for example, '/' for POSIX or ':' for the classic
+        ## Macintosh.
+
+      AltSep* = '/'
+        ## An alternative character used by the operating system to separate
+        ## pathname components, or the same as `DirSep` if only one separator
+        ## character exists. This is set to '/' on Windows systems where `DirSep`
+        ## is a backslash.
+
+      PathSep* = ':'
+        ## The character conventionally used by the operating system to separate
+        ## search patch components (as in PATH), such as ':' for POSIX or ';' for
+        ## Windows.
+
+      FileSystemCaseSensitive* = true
+        ## true if the file system is case sensitive, false otherwise. Used by
+        ## `cmpPaths` to compare filenames properly.
+
+      ExeExt* = ""
+        ## The file extension of native executables. For example:
+        ## "" for POSIX, "exe" on Windows.
+
+      ScriptExt* = ""
+        ## The file extension of a script file. For example: "" for POSIX,
+        ## "bat" on Windows.
+
+      DynlibFormat* = "lib$1.so"
+        ## The format string to turn a filename into a `DLL`:idx: file (also
+        ## called `shared object`:idx: on some operating systems).
+
+  elif defined(macos):
+    const
+      CurDir* = ':'
+      ParDir* = "::"
+      DirSep* = ':'
+      AltSep* = Dirsep
+      PathSep* = ','
+      FileSystemCaseSensitive* = false
+      ExeExt* = ""
+      ScriptExt* = ""
+      DynlibFormat* = "$1.dylib"
+
+    #  MacOS paths
+    #  ===========
+    #  MacOS directory separator is a colon ":" which is the only character not
+    #  allowed in filenames.
+    #
+    #  A path containing no colon or which begins with a colon is a partial path.
+    #  E.g. ":kalle:petter" ":kalle" "kalle"
+    #
+    #  All other paths are full (absolute) paths. E.g. "HD:kalle:" "HD:"
+    #  When generating paths, one is safe if one ensures that all partial paths
+    #  begin with a colon, and all full paths end with a colon.
+    #  In full paths the first name (e g HD above) is the name of a mounted
+    #  volume.
+    #  These names are not unique, because, for instance, two diskettes with the
+    #  same names could be inserted. This means that paths on MacOS are not
+    #  waterproof. In case of equal names the first volume found will do.
+    #  Two colons "::" are the relative path to the parent. Three is to the
+    #  grandparent etc.
+  elif doslike:
+    const
+      CurDir* = '.'
+      ParDir* = ".."
+      DirSep* = '\\' # seperator within paths
+      AltSep* = '/'
+      PathSep* = ';' # seperator between paths
+      FileSystemCaseSensitive* = false
+      ExeExt* = "exe"
+      ScriptExt* = "bat"
+      DynlibFormat* = "$1.dll"
+  elif defined(PalmOS) or defined(MorphOS):
+    const
+      DirSep* = '/'
+      AltSep* = Dirsep
+      PathSep* = ';'
+      ParDir* = ".."
+      FileSystemCaseSensitive* = false
+      ExeExt* = ""
+      ScriptExt* = ""
+      DynlibFormat* = "$1.prc"
+  elif defined(RISCOS):
+    const
+      DirSep* = '.'
+      AltSep* = '.'
+      ParDir* = ".." # is this correct?
+      PathSep* = ','
+      FileSystemCaseSensitive* = true
+      ExeExt* = ""
+      ScriptExt* = ""
+      DynlibFormat* = "lib$1.so"
+  else: # UNIX-like operating system
+    const
+      CurDir* = '.'
+      ParDir* = ".."
+      DirSep* = '/'
+      AltSep* = DirSep
+      PathSep* = ':'
+      FileSystemCaseSensitive* = true
+      ExeExt* = ""
+      ScriptExt* = ""
+      DynlibFormat* = when defined(macosx): "lib$1.dylib" else: "lib$1.so"
+
+  const
+    ExtSep* = '.'
+      ## The character which separates the base filename from the extension;
+      ## for example, the '.' in ``os.nim``.
+
+
+  proc joinPath*(head, tail: string): string {.
+    noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nos$1".} =
+    ## Joins two directory names to one.
+    ##
+    ## For example on Unix:
+    ##
+    ## .. code-block:: nim
+    ##   joinPath("usr", "lib")
+    ##
+    ## results in:
+    ##
+    ## .. code-block:: nim
+    ##   "usr/lib"
+    ##
+    ## If head is the empty string, tail is returned. If tail is the empty
+    ## string, head is returned with a trailing path separator. If tail starts
+    ## with a path separator it will be removed when concatenated to head. Other
+    ## path separators not located on boundaries won't be modified. More
+    ## examples on Unix:
+    ##
+    ## .. code-block:: nim
+    ##   assert joinPath("usr", "") == "usr/"
+    ##   assert joinPath("", "lib") == "lib"
+    ##   assert joinPath("", "/lib") == "/lib"
+    ##   assert joinPath("usr/", "/lib") == "usr/lib"
+    if len(head) == 0:
+      result = tail
+    elif head[len(head)-1] in {DirSep, AltSep}:
+      if tail[0] in {DirSep, AltSep}:
+        result = head & substr(tail, 1)
+      else:
+        result = head & tail
+    else:
+      if tail[0] in {DirSep, AltSep}:
+        result = head & tail
+      else:
+        result = head & DirSep & tail
+
+  proc joinPath*(parts: varargs[string]): string {.noSideEffect,
+    rtl, extern: "nos$1OpenArray".} =
+    ## The same as `joinPath(head, tail)`, but works with any number of directory
+    ## parts. You need to pass at least one element or the proc will assert in
+    ## debug builds and crash on release builds.
+    result = parts[0]
+    for i in 1..high(parts):
+      result = joinPath(result, parts[i])
+
+  proc `/` * (head, tail: string): string {.noSideEffect.} =
+    ## The same as ``joinPath(head, tail)``
+    ##
+    ## Here are some examples for Unix:
+    ##
+    ## .. code-block:: nim
+    ##   assert "usr" / "" == "usr/"
+    ##   assert "" / "lib" == "lib"
+    ##   assert "" / "/lib" == "/lib"
+    ##   assert "usr/" / "/lib" == "usr/lib"
+    return joinPath(head, tail)
+
+  proc splitPath*(path: string): tuple[head, tail: string] {.
+    noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nos$1".} =
+    ## Splits a directory into (head, tail), so that
+    ## ``head / tail == path`` (except for edge cases like "/usr").
+    ##
+    ## Examples:
+    ##
+    ## .. code-block:: nim
+    ##   splitPath("usr/local/bin") -> ("usr/local", "bin")
+    ##   splitPath("usr/local/bin/") -> ("usr/local/bin", "")
+    ##   splitPath("bin") -> ("", "bin")
+    ##   splitPath("/bin") -> ("", "bin")
+    ##   splitPath("") -> ("", "")
+    var sepPos = -1
+    for i in countdown(len(path)-1, 0):
+      if path[i] in {DirSep, AltSep}:
+        sepPos = i
+        break
+    if sepPos >= 0:
+      result.head = substr(path, 0, sepPos-1)
+      result.tail = substr(path, sepPos+1)
+    else:
+      result.head = ""
+      result.tail = path
+
+  proc parentDirPos(path: string): int =
+    var q = 1
+    if len(path) >= 1 and path[len(path)-1] in {DirSep, AltSep}: q = 2
+    for i in countdown(len(path)-q, 0):
+      if path[i] in {DirSep, AltSep}: return i
+    result = -1
+
+  proc parentDir*(path: string): string {.
+    noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nos$1".} =
+    ## Returns the parent directory of `path`.
+    ##
+    ## This is often the same as the ``head`` result of ``splitPath``.
+    ## If there is no parent, "" is returned.
+    ## | Example: ``parentDir("/usr/local/bin") == "/usr/local"``.
+    ## | Example: ``parentDir("/usr/local/bin/") == "/usr/local"``.
+    let sepPos = parentDirPos(path)
+    if sepPos >= 0:
+      result = substr(path, 0, sepPos-1)
+    else:
+      result = ""
+
+  proc tailDir*(path: string): string {.
+    noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nos$1".} =
+    ## Returns the tail part of `path`..
+    ##
+    ## | Example: ``tailDir("/usr/local/bin") == "local/bin"``.
+    ## | Example: ``tailDir("usr/local/bin/") == "local/bin"``.
+    ## | Example: ``tailDir("bin") == ""``.
+    var q = 1
+    if len(path) >= 1 and path[len(path)-1] in {DirSep, AltSep}: q = 2
+    for i in 0..len(path)-q:
+      if path[i] in {DirSep, AltSep}:
+        return substr(path, i+1)
+    result = ""
+
+  proc isRootDir*(path: string): bool {.
+    noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nos$1".} =
+    ## Checks whether a given `path` is a root directory
+    result = parentDirPos(path) < 0
+
+  iterator parentDirs*(path: string, fromRoot=false, inclusive=true): string =
+    ## Walks over all parent directories of a given `path`
+    ##
+    ## If `fromRoot` is set, the traversal will start from the file system root
+    ## diretory. If `inclusive` is set, the original argument will be included
+    ## in the traversal.
+    ##
+    ## Relative paths won't be expanded by this proc. Instead, it will traverse
+    ## only the directories appearing in the relative path.
+    if not fromRoot:
+      var current = path
+      if inclusive: yield path
+      while true:
+        if current.isRootDir: break
+        current = current.parentDir
+        yield current
+    else:
+      for i in countup(0, path.len - 2): # ignore the last /
+        # deal with non-normalized paths such as /foo//bar//baz
+        if path[i] in {DirSep, AltSep} and
+            (i == 0 or path[i-1] notin {DirSep, AltSep}):
+          yield path.substr(0, i)
+
+      if inclusive: yield path
+
+  proc `/../` * (head, tail: string): string {.noSideEffect.} =
+    ## The same as ``parentDir(head) / tail`` unless there is no parent directory.
+    ## Then ``head / tail`` is performed instead.
+    let sepPos = parentDirPos(head)
+    if sepPos >= 0:
+      result = substr(head, 0, sepPos-1) / tail
+    else:
+      result = head / tail
+
+  proc normExt(ext: string): string =
+    if ext == "" or ext[0] == ExtSep: result = ext # no copy needed here
+    else: result = ExtSep & ext
+
+  proc searchExtPos(s: string): int =
+    # BUGFIX: do not search until 0! .DS_Store is no file extension!
+    result = -1
+    for i in countdown(len(s)-1, 1):
+      if s[i] == ExtSep:
+        result = i
+        break
+      elif s[i] in {DirSep, AltSep}:
+        break # do not skip over path
+
+  proc splitFile*(path: string): tuple[dir, name, ext: string] {.
+    noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nos$1".} =
+    ## Splits a filename into (dir, filename, extension).
+    ## `dir` does not end in `DirSep`.
+    ## `extension` includes the leading dot.
+    ##
+    ## Example:
+    ##
+    ## .. code-block:: nim
+    ##   var (dir, name, ext) = splitFile("usr/local/nimc.html")
+    ##   assert dir == "usr/local"
+    ##   assert name == "nimc"
+    ##   assert ext == ".html"
+    ##
+    ## If `path` has no extension, `ext` is the empty string.
+    ## If `path` has no directory component, `dir` is the empty string.
+    ## If `path` has no filename component, `name` and `ext` are empty strings.
+    if path.len == 0 or path[path.len-1] in {DirSep, AltSep}:
+      result = (path, "", "")
+    else:
+      var sepPos = -1
+      var dotPos = path.len
+      for i in countdown(len(path)-1, 0):
+        if path[i] == ExtSep:
+          if dotPos == path.len and i > 0 and
+              path[i-1] notin {DirSep, AltSep}: dotPos = i
+        elif path[i] in {DirSep, AltSep}:
+          sepPos = i
+          break
+      result.dir = substr(path, 0, sepPos-1)
+      result.name = substr(path, sepPos+1, dotPos-1)
+      result.ext = substr(path, dotPos)
+
+  proc extractFilename*(path: string): string {.
+    noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nos$1".} =
+    ## Extracts the filename of a given `path`. This is the same as
+    ## ``name & ext`` from ``splitFile(path)``.
+    if path.len == 0 or path[path.len-1] in {DirSep, AltSep}:
+      result = ""
+    else:
+      result = splitPath(path).tail
+
+
+  proc changeFileExt*(filename, ext: string): string {.
+    noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nos$1".} =
+    ## Changes the file extension to `ext`.
+    ##
+    ## If the `filename` has no extension, `ext` will be added.
+    ## If `ext` == "" then any extension is removed.
+    ## `Ext` should be given without the leading '.', because some
+    ## filesystems may use a different character. (Although I know
+    ## of none such beast.)
+    var extPos = searchExtPos(filename)
+    if extPos < 0: result = filename & normExt(ext)
+    else: result = substr(filename, 0, extPos-1) & normExt(ext)
+
+  proc addFileExt*(filename, ext: string): string {.
+    noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nos$1".} =
+    ## Adds the file extension `ext` to `filename`, unless
+    ## `filename` already has an extension.
+    ##
+    ## `Ext` should be given without the leading '.', because some
+    ## filesystems may use a different character.
+    ## (Although I know of none such beast.)
+    var extPos = searchExtPos(filename)
+    if extPos < 0: result = filename & normExt(ext)
+    else: result = filename
+
+  proc cmpPaths*(pathA, pathB: string): int {.
+    noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nos$1".} =
+    ## Compares two paths.
+    ##
+    ## On a case-sensitive filesystem this is done
+    ## case-sensitively otherwise case-insensitively. Returns:
+    ##
+    ## | 0 iff pathA == pathB
+    ## | < 0 iff pathA < pathB
+    ## | > 0 iff pathA > pathB
+    if FileSystemCaseSensitive:
+      result = cmp(pathA, pathB)
+    else:
+      when defined(nimscript):
+        result = cmpic(pathA, pathB)
+      else:
+        result = cmpIgnoreCase(pathA, pathB)
+
+  proc isAbsolute*(path: string): bool {.rtl, noSideEffect, extern: "nos$1".} =
+    ## Checks whether a given `path` is absolute.
+    ##
+    ## On Windows, network paths are considered absolute too.
+    when doslike:
+      var len = len(path)
+      result = (len > 1 and path[0] in {'/', '\\'}) or
+               (len > 2 and path[0] in {'a'..'z', 'A'..'Z'} and path[1] == ':')
+    elif defined(macos):
+      result = path.len > 0 and path[0] != ':'
+    elif defined(RISCOS):
+      result = path[0] == '$'
+    elif defined(posix):
+      result = path[0] == '/'
+
+  proc unixToNativePath*(path: string, drive=""): string {.
+    noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nos$1".} =
+    ## Converts an UNIX-like path to a native one.
+    ##
+    ## On an UNIX system this does nothing. Else it converts
+    ## '/', '.', '..' to the appropriate things.
+    ##
+    ## On systems with a concept of "drives", `drive` is used to determine
+    ## which drive label to use during absolute path conversion.
+    ## `drive` defaults to the drive of the current working directory, and is
+    ## ignored on systems that do not have a concept of "drives".
+
+    when defined(unix):
+      result = path
+    else:
+      var start: int
+      if path[0] == '/':
+        # an absolute path
+        when doslike:
+          if drive != "":
+            result = drive & ":" & DirSep
+          else:
+            result = $DirSep
+        elif defined(macos):
+          result = "" # must not start with ':'
+        else:
+          result = $DirSep
+        start = 1
+      elif path[0] == '.' and path[1] == '/':
+        # current directory
+        result = $CurDir
+        start = 2
+      else:
+        result = ""
+        start = 0
+
+      var i = start
+      while i < len(path): # ../../../ --> ::::
+        if path[i] == '.' and path[i+1] == '.' and path[i+2] == '/':
+          # parent directory
+          when defined(macos):
+            if result[high(result)] == ':':
+              add result, ':'
+            else:
+              add result, ParDir
+          else:
+            add result, ParDir & DirSep
+          inc(i, 3)
+        elif path[i] == '/':
+          add result, DirSep
+          inc(i)
+        else:
+          add result, path[i]
+          inc(i)
+
+when declared(getEnv) or defined(nimscript):
+  proc getHomeDir*(): string {.rtl, extern: "nos$1", tags: [ReadEnvEffect].} =
+    ## Returns the home directory of the current user.
+    ##
+    ## This proc is wrapped by the expandTilde proc for the convenience of
+    ## processing paths coming from user configuration files.
+    when defined(windows): return string(getEnv("USERPROFILE")) & "\\"
+    else: return string(getEnv("HOME")) & "/"
+
+  proc getConfigDir*(): string {.rtl, extern: "nos$1", tags: [ReadEnvEffect].} =
+    ## Returns the config directory of the current user for applications.
+    when defined(windows): return string(getEnv("APPDATA")) & "\\"
+    else: return string(getEnv("HOME")) & "/.config/"
+
+  proc getTempDir*(): string {.rtl, extern: "nos$1", tags: [ReadEnvEffect].} =
+    ## Returns the temporary directory of the current user for applications to
+    ## save temporary files in.
+    when defined(windows): return string(getEnv("TEMP")) & "\\"
+    else: return "/tmp/"
+
+  proc expandTilde*(path: string): string {.tags: [ReadEnvEffect].} =
+    ## Expands a path starting with ``~/`` to a full path.
+    ##
+    ## If `path` starts with the tilde character and is followed by `/` or `\\`
+    ## this proc will return the reminder of the path appended to the result of
+    ## the getHomeDir() proc, otherwise the input path will be returned without
+    ## modification.
+    ##
+    ## The behaviour of this proc is the same on the Windows platform despite not
+    ## having this convention. Example:
+    ##
+    ## .. code-block:: nim
+    ##   let configFile = expandTilde("~" / "appname.cfg")
+    ##   echo configFile
+    ##   # --> C:\Users\amber\appname.cfg
+    if len(path) > 1 and path[0] == '~' and (path[1] == '/' or path[1] == '\\'):
+      result = getHomeDir() / path.substr(2)
+    else:
+      result = path
+
+  when not declared(split):
+    iterator split(s: string, sep: char): string =
+      var last = 0
+      if len(s) > 0:
+        while last <= len(s):
+          var first = last
+          while last < len(s) and s[last] != sep: inc(last)
+          yield substr(s, first, last-1)
+          inc(last)
+
+  proc findExe*(exe: string): string {.tags: [ReadDirEffect, ReadEnvEffect].} =
+    ## Searches for `exe` in the current working directory and then
+    ## in directories listed in the ``PATH`` environment variable.
+    ## Returns "" if the `exe` cannot be found. On DOS-like platforms, `exe`
+    ## is added the `ExeExt <#ExeExt>`_ file extension if it has none.
+    result = addFileExt(exe, ExeExt)
+    if existsFile(result): return
+    var path = string(getEnv("PATH"))
+    for candidate in split(path, PathSep):
+      when defined(windows):
+        var x = candidate / result
+      else:
+        var x = expandTilde(candidate) / result
+      if existsFile(x): return x
+    result = ""
+
+when defined(nimscript):
+  {.pop.} # hint[ConvFromXtoItselfNotNeeded]:off
diff --git a/lib/pure/osproc.nim b/lib/pure/osproc.nim
index 81befccff..7431be702 100644
--- a/lib/pure/osproc.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/osproc.nim
@@ -614,11 +614,14 @@ elif not defined(useNimRtl):
     optionPoStdErrToStdOut: bool
   {.deprecated: [TStartProcessData: StartProcessData].}
 
-  when not defined(useFork):
+  const useProcessAuxSpawn = declared(posix_spawn) and not defined(useFork) and
+                             not defined(useClone) and not defined(linux)
+  when useProcessAuxSpawn:
     proc startProcessAuxSpawn(data: StartProcessData): Pid {.
       tags: [ExecIOEffect, ReadEnvEffect], gcsafe.}
-  proc startProcessAuxFork(data: StartProcessData): Pid {.
-    tags: [ExecIOEffect, ReadEnvEffect], gcsafe.}
+  else:
+    proc startProcessAuxFork(data: StartProcessData): Pid {.
+      tags: [ExecIOEffect, ReadEnvEffect], gcsafe.}
   {.push stacktrace: off, profiler: off.}
   proc startProcessAfterFork(data: ptr StartProcessData) {.
     tags: [ExecIOEffect, ReadEnvEffect], cdecl, gcsafe.}
@@ -674,9 +677,7 @@ elif not defined(useNimRtl):
     data.optionPoStdErrToStdOut = poStdErrToStdOut in options
     data.workingDir = workingDir
 
-
-    when declared(posix_spawn) and not defined(useFork) and
-        not defined(useClone) and not defined(linux):
+    when useProcessAuxSpawn:
       pid = startProcessAuxSpawn(data)
     else:
       pid = startProcessAuxFork(data)
@@ -706,7 +707,7 @@ elif not defined(useNimRtl):
       discard close(pStdin[readIdx])
       discard close(pStdout[writeIdx])
 
-  when not defined(useFork):
+  when useProcessAuxSpawn:
     proc startProcessAuxSpawn(data: StartProcessData): Pid =
       var attr: Tposix_spawnattr
       var fops: Tposix_spawn_file_actions
@@ -752,43 +753,43 @@ elif not defined(useNimRtl):
       discard posix_spawnattr_destroy(attr)
       chck res
       return pid
+  else:
+    proc startProcessAuxFork(data: StartProcessData): Pid =
+      if pipe(data.pErrorPipe) != 0:
+        raiseOSError(osLastError())
 
-  proc startProcessAuxFork(data: StartProcessData): Pid =
-    if pipe(data.pErrorPipe) != 0:
-      raiseOSError(osLastError())
+      defer:
+        discard close(data.pErrorPipe[readIdx])
 
-    defer:
-      discard close(data.pErrorPipe[readIdx])
+      var pid: Pid
+      var dataCopy = data
+
+      when defined(useClone):
+        const stackSize = 65536
+        let stackEnd = cast[clong](alloc(stackSize))
+        let stack = cast[pointer](stackEnd + stackSize)
+        let fn: pointer = startProcessAfterFork
+        pid = clone(fn, stack,
+                    cint(CLONE_VM or CLONE_VFORK or SIGCHLD),
+                    pointer(addr dataCopy), nil, nil, nil)
+        discard close(data.pErrorPipe[writeIdx])
+        dealloc(stack)
+      else:
+        pid = fork()
+        if pid == 0:
+          startProcessAfterFork(addr(dataCopy))
+          exitnow(1)
 
-    var pid: Pid
-    var dataCopy = data
-
-    when defined(useClone):
-      const stackSize = 65536
-      let stackEnd = cast[clong](alloc(stackSize))
-      let stack = cast[pointer](stackEnd + stackSize)
-      let fn: pointer = startProcessAfterFork
-      pid = clone(fn, stack,
-                  cint(CLONE_VM or CLONE_VFORK or SIGCHLD),
-                  pointer(addr dataCopy), nil, nil, nil)
       discard close(data.pErrorPipe[writeIdx])
-      dealloc(stack)
-    else:
-      pid = fork()
-      if pid == 0:
-        startProcessAfterFork(addr(dataCopy))
-        exitnow(1)
-
-    discard close(data.pErrorPipe[writeIdx])
-    if pid < 0: raiseOSError(osLastError())
+      if pid < 0: raiseOSError(osLastError())
 
-    var error: cint
-    let sizeRead = read(data.pErrorPipe[readIdx], addr error, sizeof(error))
-    if sizeRead == sizeof(error):
-      raiseOSError("Could not find command: '$1'. OS error: $2" %
-          [$data.sysCommand, $strerror(error)])
+      var error: cint
+      let sizeRead = read(data.pErrorPipe[readIdx], addr error, sizeof(error))
+      if sizeRead == sizeof(error):
+        raiseOSError("Could not find command: '$1'. OS error: $2" %
+            [$data.sysCommand, $strerror(error)])
 
-    return pid
+      return pid
 
   {.push stacktrace: off, profiler: off.}
   proc startProcessFail(data: ptr StartProcessData) =
diff --git a/lib/system/nimscript.nim b/lib/system/nimscript.nim
index a1a653cf5..38e1f81a7 100644
--- a/lib/system/nimscript.nim
+++ b/lib/system/nimscript.nim
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ proc listFiles*(dir: string): seq[string] = builtin
 proc removeDir(dir: string) = builtin
 proc removeFile(dir: string) = builtin
 proc moveFile(src, dest: string) = builtin
+proc copyFile(src, dest: string) = builtin
 proc createDir(dir: string) = builtin
 proc getOsError: string = builtin
 proc setCurrentDir(dir: string) = builtin
@@ -30,6 +31,25 @@ proc switch*(key: string, val="") = builtin
 proc getCommand*(): string = builtin
 proc setCommand*(cmd: string) = builtin
 proc cmpIgnoreStyle(a, b: string): int = builtin
+proc cmpIgnoreCase(a, b: string): int = builtin
+
+proc cmpic*(a, b: string): int = cmpIgnoreCase(a, b)
+
+proc getEnv*(key: string): string = builtin
+proc existsEnv*(key: string): bool = builtin
+proc fileExists*(filename: string): bool = builtin
+proc dirExists*(dir: string): bool = builtin
+
+proc existsFile*(filename: string): bool = fileExists(filename)
+proc existsDir*(dir: string): bool = dirExists(dir)
+
+proc toExe*(filename: string): string =
+  ## On Windows adds ".exe" to `filename`, else returns `filename` unmodified.
+  (when defined(windows): filename & ".exe" else: filename)
+
+proc toDll*(filename: string): string =
+  ## On Windows adds ".dll" to `filename`, on Posix produces "lib$filename.so".
+  (when defined(windows): filename & ".dll" else: "lib" & filename & ".so")
 
 proc strip(s: string): string =
   var i = 0
@@ -79,6 +99,11 @@ proc mvFile*(`from`, to: string) {.raises: [OSError].} =
     moveFile `from`, to
     checkOsError()
 
+proc cpFile*(`from`, to: string) {.raises: [OSError].} =
+  log "mvFile: " & `from` & ", " & to:
+    copyFile `from`, to
+    checkOsError()
+
 proc exec*(command: string, input = "", cache = "") =
   ## Executes an external process.
   log "exec: " & command:
@@ -120,7 +145,7 @@ template withDir*(dir: string; body: untyped): untyped =
   ##
   ## If you need a permanent change, use the `cd() <#cd>`_ proc. Usage example:
   ##
-  ## .. code-block:: nimrod
+  ## .. code-block:: nim
   ##   withDir "foo":
   ##     # inside foo
   ##   #back to last dir
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 82d1f32db..463ffc3b1 100644
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version 0.11.4
 ==============
 
-- make ``os`` and ``math`` work with NimScript
+- document NimScript
 - document special cased varargs[untyped] and varargs[typed]
 
 - The remaining bugs of the lambda lifting pass that is responsible to enable