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diff --git a/lib/pure/osproc.nim b/lib/pure/osproc.nim
index 8be914992..c304ecca6 100644
--- a/lib/pure/osproc.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/osproc.nim
@@ -18,17 +18,24 @@
 include "system/inclrtl"
 
 import
-  strutils, os, strtabs, streams, cpuinfo
+  std/[strutils, os, strtabs, streams, cpuinfo, streamwrapper,
+  private/since]
 
 export quoteShell, quoteShellWindows, quoteShellPosix
 
 when defined(windows):
-  import winlean
+  import std/winlean
 else:
-  import posix
+  import std/posix
 
 when defined(linux) and defined(useClone):
-  import linux
+  import std/linux
+
+when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
+  import std/[syncio, assertions]
+  when defined(windows):
+    import std/widestrs
+
 
 type
   ProcessOption* = enum ## Options that can be passed to `startProcess proc
@@ -65,23 +72,17 @@ type
 
   Process* = ref ProcessObj ## Represents an operating system process.
 
-const poDemon* {.deprecated.} = poDaemon ## Nim versions before 0.20
-                                         ## used the wrong spelling ("demon").
-                                         ## Now `ProcessOption` uses the correct spelling ("daemon"),
-                                         ## and this is needed just for backward compatibility.
-
 
 proc execProcess*(command: string, workingDir: string = "",
     args: openArray[string] = [], env: StringTableRef = nil,
     options: set[ProcessOption] = {poStdErrToStdOut, poUsePath, poEvalCommand}):
-  TaintedString {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1",
+  string {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", raises: [OSError, IOError],
                   tags: [ExecIOEffect, ReadIOEffect, RootEffect].}
   ## A convenience procedure that executes ``command`` with ``startProcess``
   ## and returns its output as a string.
   ##
-  ## **WARNING:** This function uses `poEvalCommand` by default for backward
-  ## compatibility.
-  ## Make sure to pass options explicitly.
+  ## .. warning:: This function uses `poEvalCommand` by default for backwards
+  ##   compatibility. Make sure to pass options explicitly.
   ##
   ## See also:
   ## * `startProcess proc
@@ -90,12 +91,12 @@ proc execProcess*(command: string, workingDir: string = "",
   ## * `execCmd proc <#execCmd,string>`_
   ##
   ## Example:
-  ##
-  ## .. code-block:: Nim
-  ##  let outp = execProcess("nim", args=["c", "-r", "mytestfile.nim"], options={poUsePath})
-  ##  let outp_shell = execProcess("nim c -r mytestfile.nim")
-  ##  # Note: outp may have an interleave of text from the nim compile
-  ##  # and any output from mytestfile when it runs
+  ##   ```Nim
+  ##   let outp = execProcess("nim", args=["c", "-r", "mytestfile.nim"], options={poUsePath})
+  ##   let outp_shell = execProcess("nim c -r mytestfile.nim")
+  ##   # Note: outp may have an interleave of text from the nim compile
+  ##   # and any output from mytestfile when it runs
+  ##   ```
 
 proc execCmd*(command: string): int {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1",
     tags: [ExecIOEffect, ReadIOEffect, RootEffect].}
@@ -105,21 +106,21 @@ proc execCmd*(command: string): int {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1",
   ## This operation is also often called `system`:idx:.
   ##
   ## See also:
-  ## * `execCmdEx proc <#execCmdEx,string,set[ProcessOption]>`_
+  ## * `execCmdEx proc <#execCmdEx,string,set[ProcessOption],StringTableRef,string,string>`_
   ## * `startProcess proc
   ##   <#startProcess,string,string,openArray[string],StringTableRef,set[ProcessOption]>`_
   ## * `execProcess proc
   ##   <#execProcess,string,string,openArray[string],StringTableRef,set[ProcessOption]>`_
   ##
   ## Example:
-  ##
-  ## .. code-block:: Nim
-  ##  let errC = execCmd("nim c -r mytestfile.nim")
+  ##   ```Nim
+  ##   let errC = execCmd("nim c -r mytestfile.nim")
+  ##   ```
 
 proc startProcess*(command: string, workingDir: string = "",
     args: openArray[string] = [], env: StringTableRef = nil,
     options: set[ProcessOption] = {poStdErrToStdOut}):
-  owned(Process) {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1",
+  owned(Process) {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", raises: [OSError, IOError],
                    tags: [ExecIOEffect, ReadEnvEffect, RootEffect].}
   ## Starts a process. `Command` is the executable file, `workingDir` is the
   ## process's working directory. If ``workingDir == ""`` the current directory
@@ -151,12 +152,12 @@ proc startProcess*(command: string, workingDir: string = "",
   ##   <#execProcess,string,string,openArray[string],StringTableRef,set[ProcessOption]>`_
   ## * `execCmd proc <#execCmd,string>`_
 
-proc close*(p: Process) {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", tags: [WriteIOEffect].}
+proc close*(p: Process) {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", raises: [IOError, OSError], tags: [WriteIOEffect].}
   ## When the process has finished executing, cleanup related handles.
   ##
-  ## **WARNING:** If the process has not finished executing, this will forcibly
-  ## terminate the process. Doing so may result in zombie processes and
-  ## `pty leaks <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27021641/how-to-fix-request-failed-on-channel-0>`_.
+  ## .. warning:: If the process has not finished executing, this will forcibly
+  ##   terminate the process. Doing so may result in zombie processes and
+  ##   `pty leaks <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27021641/how-to-fix-request-failed-on-channel-0>`_.
 
 proc suspend*(p: Process) {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", tags: [].}
   ## Suspends the process `p`.
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ proc terminate*(p: Process) {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", tags: [].}
   ## * `suspend proc <#suspend,Process>`_
   ## * `resume proc <#resume,Process>`_
   ## * `kill proc <#kill,Process>`_
+  ## * `posix_utils.sendSignal(pid: Pid, signal: int) <posix_utils.html#sendSignal,Pid,int>`_
 
 proc kill*(p: Process) {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", tags: [].}
   ## Kill the process `p`.
@@ -197,8 +199,9 @@ proc kill*(p: Process) {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", tags: [].}
   ## * `suspend proc <#suspend,Process>`_
   ## * `resume proc <#resume,Process>`_
   ## * `terminate proc <#terminate,Process>`_
+  ## * `posix_utils.sendSignal(pid: Pid, signal: int) <posix_utils.html#sendSignal,Pid,int>`_
 
-proc running*(p: Process): bool {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", tags: [].}
+proc running*(p: Process): bool {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", raises: [OSError], tags: [].}
   ## Returns true if the process `p` is still running. Returns immediately.
 
 proc processID*(p: Process): int {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1".} =
@@ -209,16 +212,20 @@ proc processID*(p: Process): int {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1".} =
   return p.id
 
 proc waitForExit*(p: Process, timeout: int = -1): int {.rtl,
-    extern: "nosp$1", tags: [].}
+    extern: "nosp$1", raises: [OSError, ValueError], tags: [TimeEffect].}
   ## Waits for the process to finish and returns `p`'s error code.
   ##
-  ## **WARNING**: Be careful when using `waitForExit` for processes created without
-  ## `poParentStreams` because they may fill output buffers, causing deadlock.
+  ## .. warning:: Be careful when using `waitForExit` for processes created without
+  ##   `poParentStreams` because they may fill output buffers, causing deadlock.
   ##
   ## On posix, if the process has exited because of a signal, 128 + signal
   ## number will be returned.
+  ##
+  ## .. warning:: When working with `timeout` parameters, remember that the value is 
+  ##   typically expressed in milliseconds, and ensure that the correct unit of time
+  ##   is used to avoid unexpected behavior.
 
-proc peekExitCode*(p: Process): int {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", tags: [].}
+proc peekExitCode*(p: Process): int {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", raises: [OSError], tags: [].}
   ## Return `-1` if the process is still running. Otherwise the process' exit code.
   ##
   ## On posix, if the process has exited because of a signal, 128 + signal
@@ -227,18 +234,22 @@ proc peekExitCode*(p: Process): int {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", tags: [].}
 proc inputStream*(p: Process): Stream {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", tags: [].}
   ## Returns ``p``'s input stream for writing to.
   ##
-  ## **WARNING**: The returned `Stream` should not be closed manually as it
-  ## is closed when closing the Process ``p``.
+  ## .. warning:: The returned `Stream` should not be closed manually as it
+  ##   is closed when closing the Process ``p``.
   ##
   ## See also:
   ## * `outputStream proc <#outputStream,Process>`_
   ## * `errorStream proc <#errorStream,Process>`_
 
-proc outputStream*(p: Process): Stream {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", tags: [].}
+proc outputStream*(p: Process): Stream {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", raises: [IOError, OSError], tags: [].}
   ## Returns ``p``'s output stream for reading from.
   ##
-  ## **WARNING**: The returned `Stream` should not be closed manually as it
-  ## is closed when closing the Process ``p``.
+  ## You cannot perform peek/write/setOption operations to this stream.
+  ## Use `peekableOutputStream proc <#peekableOutputStream,Process>`_
+  ## if you need to peek stream.
+  ##
+  ## .. warning:: The returned `Stream` should not be closed manually as it
+  ##   is closed when closing the Process ``p``.
   ##
   ## See also:
   ## * `inputStream proc <#inputStream,Process>`_
@@ -247,19 +258,47 @@ proc outputStream*(p: Process): Stream {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", tags: [].}
 proc errorStream*(p: Process): Stream {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", tags: [].}
   ## Returns ``p``'s error stream for reading from.
   ##
-  ## **WARNING**: The returned `Stream` should not be closed manually as it
-  ## is closed when closing the Process ``p``.
+  ## You cannot perform peek/write/setOption operations to this stream.
+  ## Use `peekableErrorStream proc <#peekableErrorStream,Process>`_
+  ## if you need to peek stream.
+  ##
+  ## .. warning:: The returned `Stream` should not be closed manually as it
+  ##   is closed when closing the Process ``p``.
   ##
   ## See also:
   ## * `inputStream proc <#inputStream,Process>`_
   ## * `outputStream proc <#outputStream,Process>`_
 
-proc inputHandle*(p: Process): FileHandle {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1",
+proc peekableOutputStream*(p: Process): Stream {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", tags: [], since: (1, 3).}
+  ## Returns ``p``'s output stream for reading from.
+  ##
+  ## You can peek returned stream.
+  ##
+  ## .. warning:: The returned `Stream` should not be closed manually as it
+  ##   is closed when closing the Process ``p``.
+  ##
+  ## See also:
+  ## * `outputStream proc <#outputStream,Process>`_
+  ## * `peekableErrorStream proc <#peekableErrorStream,Process>`_
+
+proc peekableErrorStream*(p: Process): Stream {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", tags: [], since: (1, 3).}
+  ## Returns ``p``'s error stream for reading from.
+  ##
+  ## You can run peek operation to returned stream.
+  ##
+  ## .. warning:: The returned `Stream` should not be closed manually as it
+  ##   is closed when closing the Process ``p``.
+  ##
+  ## See also:
+  ## * `errorStream proc <#errorStream,Process>`_
+  ## * `peekableOutputStream proc <#peekableOutputStream,Process>`_
+
+proc inputHandle*(p: Process): FileHandle {.rtl, raises: [], extern: "nosp$1",
   tags: [].} =
   ## Returns ``p``'s input file handle for writing to.
   ##
-  ## **WARNING**: The returned `FileHandle` should not be closed manually as
-  ## it is closed when closing the Process ``p``.
+  ## .. warning:: The returned `FileHandle` should not be closed manually as
+  ##   it is closed when closing the Process ``p``.
   ##
   ## See also:
   ## * `outputHandle proc <#outputHandle,Process>`_
@@ -267,11 +306,11 @@ proc inputHandle*(p: Process): FileHandle {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1",
   result = p.inHandle
 
 proc outputHandle*(p: Process): FileHandle {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1",
-    tags: [].} =
+    raises: [], tags: [].} =
   ## Returns ``p``'s output file handle for reading from.
   ##
-  ## **WARNING**: The returned `FileHandle` should not be closed manually as
-  ## it is closed when closing the Process ``p``.
+  ## .. warning:: The returned `FileHandle` should not be closed manually as
+  ##   it is closed when closing the Process ``p``.
   ##
   ## See also:
   ## * `inputHandle proc <#inputHandle,Process>`_
@@ -279,29 +318,34 @@ proc outputHandle*(p: Process): FileHandle {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1",
   result = p.outHandle
 
 proc errorHandle*(p: Process): FileHandle {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1",
-    tags: [].} =
+    raises: [], tags: [].} =
   ## Returns ``p``'s error file handle for reading from.
   ##
-  ## **WARNING**: The returned `FileHandle` should not be closed manually as
-  ## it is closed when closing the Process ``p``.
+  ## .. warning:: The returned `FileHandle` should not be closed manually as
+  ##   it is closed when closing the Process ``p``.
   ##
   ## See also:
   ## * `inputHandle proc <#inputHandle,Process>`_
   ## * `outputHandle proc <#outputHandle,Process>`_
   result = p.errHandle
 
-proc countProcessors*(): int {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1".} =
+proc countProcessors*(): int {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1", raises: [].} =
   ## Returns the number of the processors/cores the machine has.
   ## Returns 0 if it cannot be detected.
   ## It is implemented just calling `cpuinfo.countProcessors`.
   result = cpuinfo.countProcessors()
 
+when not defined(nimHasEffectsOf):
+  {.pragma: effectsOf.}
+
 proc execProcesses*(cmds: openArray[string],
     options = {poStdErrToStdOut, poParentStreams}, n = countProcessors(),
     beforeRunEvent: proc(idx: int) = nil,
     afterRunEvent: proc(idx: int, p: Process) = nil):
   int {.rtl, extern: "nosp$1",
-        tags: [ExecIOEffect, TimeEffect, ReadEnvEffect, RootEffect].} =
+        raises: [ValueError, OSError, IOError],
+        tags: [ExecIOEffect, TimeEffect, ReadEnvEffect, RootEffect],
+        effectsOf: [beforeRunEvent, afterRunEvent].} =
   ## Executes the commands `cmds` in parallel.
   ## Creates `n` processes that execute in parallel.
   ##
@@ -381,6 +425,8 @@ proc execProcesses*(cmds: openArray[string],
             raiseOSError(err)
 
       if rexit >= 0:
+        when defined(windows):
+          let processHandle = q[rexit].fProcessHandle
         result = max(result, abs(q[rexit].peekExitCode()))
         if afterRunEvent != nil: afterRunEvent(idxs[rexit], q[rexit])
         close(q[rexit])
@@ -395,7 +441,7 @@ proc execProcesses*(cmds: openArray[string],
         else:
           when defined(windows):
             for k in 0..wcount - 1:
-              if w[k] == q[rexit].fProcessHandle:
+              if w[k] == processHandle:
                 w[k] = w[wcount - 1]
                 w[wcount - 1] = 0
                 dec(wcount)
@@ -411,40 +457,100 @@ proc execProcesses*(cmds: openArray[string],
       if afterRunEvent != nil: afterRunEvent(i, p)
       close(p)
 
+iterator lines*(p: Process, keepNewLines = false): string {.since: (1, 3), raises: [OSError, IOError, ValueError], tags: [ReadIOEffect, TimeEffect].} =
+  ## Convenience iterator for working with `startProcess` to read data from a
+  ## background process.
+  ##
+  ## See also:
+  ## * `readLines proc <#readLines,Process>`_
+  ##
+  ## Example:
+  ##   ```Nim
+  ##   const opts = {poUsePath, poDaemon, poStdErrToStdOut}
+  ##   var ps: seq[Process]
+  ##   for prog in ["a", "b"]: # run 2 progs in parallel
+  ##     ps.add startProcess("nim", "", ["r", prog], nil, opts)
+  ##   for p in ps:
+  ##     var i = 0
+  ##     for line in p.lines:
+  ##       echo line
+  ##       i.inc
+  ##       if i > 100: break
+  ##     p.close
+  ##   ```
+  var outp = p.outputStream
+  var line = newStringOfCap(120)
+  while outp.readLine(line):
+    if keepNewLines:
+      line.add("\n")
+    yield line
+  discard waitForExit(p)
+
+proc readLines*(p: Process): (seq[string], int) {.since: (1, 3),
+    raises: [OSError, IOError, ValueError], tags: [ReadIOEffect, TimeEffect].} =
+  ## Convenience function for working with `startProcess` to read data from a
+  ## background process.
+  ##
+  ## See also:
+  ## * `lines iterator <#lines.i,Process>`_
+  ##
+  ## Example:
+  ##   ```Nim
+  ##   const opts = {poUsePath, poDaemon, poStdErrToStdOut}
+  ##   var ps: seq[Process]
+  ##   for prog in ["a", "b"]: # run 2 progs in parallel
+  ##     ps.add startProcess("nim", "", ["r", prog], nil, opts)
+  ##   for p in ps:
+  ##     let (lines, exCode) = p.readLines
+  ##     if exCode != 0:
+  ##       for line in lines: echo line
+  ##     p.close
+  ##   ```
+  for line in p.lines: result[0].add(line)
+  result[1] = p.peekExitCode
+
 when not defined(useNimRtl):
   proc execProcess(command: string, workingDir: string = "",
       args: openArray[string] = [], env: StringTableRef = nil,
       options: set[ProcessOption] = {poStdErrToStdOut, poUsePath,
           poEvalCommand}):
-    TaintedString =
+    string =
 
     var p = startProcess(command, workingDir = workingDir, args = args,
         env = env, options = options)
     var outp = outputStream(p)
-    result = TaintedString""
-    var line = newStringOfCap(120).TaintedString
+    result = ""
+    var line = newStringOfCap(120)
+    # consider `p.lines(keepNewLines=true)` to circumvent `running` busy-wait
     while true:
       # FIXME: converts CR-LF to LF.
       if outp.readLine(line):
-        result.string.add(line.string)
-        result.string.add("\n")
+        result.add(line)
+        result.add("\n")
       elif not running(p): break
     close(p)
 
 template streamAccess(p) =
   assert poParentStreams notin p.options, "API usage error: stream access not allowed when you use poParentStreams"
 
-when defined(Windows) and not defined(useNimRtl):
+when defined(windows) and not defined(useNimRtl):
   # We need to implement a handle stream for Windows:
   type
     FileHandleStream = ref object of StreamObj
       handle: Handle
       atTheEnd: bool
 
+  proc closeHandleCheck(handle: Handle) {.inline.} =
+    if handle.closeHandle() == 0:
+      raiseOSError(osLastError())
+
+  proc fileClose[T: Handle | FileHandle](h: var T) {.inline.} =
+    if h > 4:
+      closeHandleCheck(h)
+      h = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE.T
+
   proc hsClose(s: Stream) =
-    # xxx here + elsewhere: check instead of discard; ignoring errors leads to
-    # hard to track bugs
-    discard FileHandleStream(s).handle.closeHandle
+    FileHandleStream(s).handle.fileClose()
 
   proc hsAtEnd(s: Stream): bool = return FileHandleStream(s).atTheEnd
 
@@ -468,12 +574,8 @@ when defined(Windows) and not defined(useNimRtl):
     if a == 0: raiseOSError(osLastError())
 
   proc newFileHandleStream(handle: Handle): owned FileHandleStream =
-    new(result)
-    result.handle = handle
-    result.closeImpl = hsClose
-    result.atEndImpl = hsAtEnd
-    result.readDataImpl = hsReadData
-    result.writeDataImpl = hsWriteData
+    result = FileHandleStream(handle: handle, closeImpl: hsClose, atEndImpl: hsAtEnd,
+      readDataImpl: hsReadData, writeDataImpl: hsWriteData)
 
   proc buildCommandLine(a: string, args: openArray[string]): string =
     result = quoteShell(a)
@@ -549,8 +651,8 @@ when defined(Windows) and not defined(useNimRtl):
 
     stdin = myDup(pipeIn, 0)
     stdout = myDup(pipeOut, 0)
-    discard closeHandle(pipeIn)
-    discard closeHandle(pipeOut)
+    closeHandleCheck(pipeIn)
+    closeHandleCheck(pipeOut)
     stderr = stdout
 
   proc createPipeHandles(rdHandle, wrHandle: var Handle) =
@@ -561,9 +663,6 @@ when defined(Windows) and not defined(useNimRtl):
     if createPipe(rdHandle, wrHandle, sa, 0) == 0'i32:
       raiseOSError(osLastError())
 
-  proc fileClose(h: Handle) {.inline.} =
-    if h > 4: discard closeHandle(h)
-
   proc startProcess(command: string, workingDir: string = "",
       args: openArray[string] = [], env: StringTableRef = nil,
       options: set[ProcessOption] = {poStdErrToStdOut}):
@@ -619,22 +718,15 @@ when defined(Windows) and not defined(useNimRtl):
     if len(workingDir) > 0: wd = workingDir
     if env != nil: e = buildEnv(env)
     if poEchoCmd in options: echo($cmdl)
-    when useWinUnicode:
-      var tmp = newWideCString(cmdl)
-      var ee =
-        if e.str.isNil: newWideCString(cstring(nil))
-        else: newWideCString(e.str, e.len)
-      var wwd = newWideCString(wd)
-      var flags = NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS or CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT
-      if poDaemon in options: flags = flags or CREATE_NO_WINDOW
-      success = winlean.createProcessW(nil, tmp, nil, nil, 1, flags,
-        ee, wwd, si, procInfo)
-    else:
-      var ee =
-        if e.str.isNil: cstring(nil)
-        else: cstring(e.str)
-      success = winlean.createProcessA(nil,
-        cmdl, nil, nil, 1, NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, ee, wd, si, procInfo)
+    var tmp = newWideCString(cmdl)
+    var ee =
+      if e.str.isNil: newWideCString(cstring(nil))
+      else: newWideCString(e.str, e.len)
+    var wwd = newWideCString(wd)
+    var flags = NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS or CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT
+    if poDaemon in options: flags = flags or CREATE_NO_WINDOW
+    success = winlean.createProcessW(nil, tmp, nil, nil, 1, flags,
+      ee, wwd, si, procInfo)
     let lastError = osLastError()
 
     if poParentStreams notin options:
@@ -650,7 +742,7 @@ when defined(Windows) and not defined(useNimRtl):
       const errFileNotFound = 2.int
       if lastError.int in {errInvalidParameter, errFileNotFound}:
         raiseOSError(lastError,
-            "Requested command not found: '$1'. OS error:" % command)
+              "Requested command not found: '" & command & "'. OS error:")
       else:
         raiseOSError(lastError, command)
     result.fProcessHandle = procInfo.hProcess
@@ -658,13 +750,31 @@ when defined(Windows) and not defined(useNimRtl):
     result.id = procInfo.dwProcessId
     result.exitFlag = false
 
+  proc closeThreadAndProcessHandle(p: Process) =
+    if p.fThreadHandle != 0:
+      closeHandleCheck(p.fThreadHandle)
+      p.fThreadHandle = 0
+
+    if p.fProcessHandle != 0:
+      closeHandleCheck(p.fProcessHandle)
+      p.fProcessHandle = 0
+
   proc close(p: Process) =
     if poParentStreams notin p.options:
-      discard closeHandle(p.inHandle)
-      discard closeHandle(p.outHandle)
-      discard closeHandle(p.errHandle)
-    discard closeHandle(p.fThreadHandle)
-    discard closeHandle(p.fProcessHandle)
+      if p.inStream == nil:
+        p.inHandle.fileClose()
+      else:
+        # p.inHandle can be already closed via inputStream.
+        p.inStream.close
+
+      # You may NOT close outputStream and errorStream.
+      assert p.outStream == nil or FileHandleStream(p.outStream).handle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE
+      assert p.errStream == nil or FileHandleStream(p.errStream).handle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE
+
+      if p.outHandle != p.errHandle:
+        p.errHandle.fileClose()
+      p.outHandle.fileClose()
+    p.closeThreadAndProcessHandle()
 
   proc suspend(p: Process) =
     discard suspendThread(p.fThreadHandle)
@@ -698,8 +808,7 @@ when defined(Windows) and not defined(useNimRtl):
     if status != STILL_ACTIVE:
       p.exitFlag = true
       p.exitStatus = status
-      discard closeHandle(p.fThreadHandle)
-      discard closeHandle(p.fProcessHandle)
+      p.closeThreadAndProcessHandle()
       result = status
     else:
       result = -1
@@ -715,8 +824,7 @@ when defined(Windows) and not defined(useNimRtl):
       discard getExitCodeProcess(p.fProcessHandle, status)
       p.exitFlag = true
       p.exitStatus = status
-      discard closeHandle(p.fThreadHandle)
-      discard closeHandle(p.fProcessHandle)
+      p.closeThreadAndProcessHandle()
       result = status
 
   proc inputStream(p: Process): Stream =
@@ -737,6 +845,18 @@ when defined(Windows) and not defined(useNimRtl):
       p.errStream = newFileHandleStream(p.errHandle)
     result = p.errStream
 
+  proc peekableOutputStream(p: Process): Stream =
+    streamAccess(p)
+    if p.outStream == nil:
+      p.outStream = newFileHandleStream(p.outHandle).newPipeOutStream
+    result = p.outStream
+
+  proc peekableErrorStream(p: Process): Stream =
+    streamAccess(p)
+    if p.errStream == nil:
+      p.errStream = newFileHandleStream(p.errHandle).newPipeOutStream
+    result = p.errStream
+
   proc execCmd(command: string): int =
     var
       si: STARTUPINFO
@@ -747,13 +867,9 @@ when defined(Windows) and not defined(useNimRtl):
     si.hStdError = getStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE)
     si.hStdInput = getStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE)
     si.hStdOutput = getStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE)
-    when useWinUnicode:
-      var c = newWideCString(command)
-      var res = winlean.createProcessW(nil, c, nil, nil, 0,
-        NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, nil, nil, si, procInfo)
-    else:
-      var res = winlean.createProcessA(nil, command, nil, nil, 0,
-        NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, nil, nil, si, procInfo)
+    var c = newWideCString(command)
+    var res = winlean.createProcessW(nil, c, nil, nil, 0,
+      NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, nil, nil, si, procInfo)
     if res == 0:
       raiseOSError(osLastError())
     else:
@@ -812,7 +928,7 @@ elif not defined(useNimRtl):
     result = cast[cstringArray](alloc0((counter + 1) * sizeof(cstring)))
     var i = 0
     for key, val in envPairs():
-      var x = key.string & "=" & val.string
+      var x = key & "=" & val
       result[i] = cast[cstring](alloc(x.len+1))
       copyMem(result[i], addr(x[0]), x.len+1)
       inc(i)
@@ -830,13 +946,13 @@ elif not defined(useNimRtl):
                              not defined(useClone) and not defined(linux)
   when useProcessAuxSpawn:
     proc startProcessAuxSpawn(data: StartProcessData): Pid {.
-      tags: [ExecIOEffect, ReadEnvEffect, ReadDirEffect, RootEffect], gcsafe.}
+      raises: [OSError], tags: [ExecIOEffect, ReadEnvEffect, ReadDirEffect, RootEffect], gcsafe.}
   else:
     proc startProcessAuxFork(data: StartProcessData): Pid {.
-      tags: [ExecIOEffect, ReadEnvEffect, ReadDirEffect, RootEffect], gcsafe.}
+      raises: [OSError], tags: [ExecIOEffect, ReadEnvEffect, ReadDirEffect, RootEffect], gcsafe.}
     {.push stacktrace: off, profiler: off.}
     proc startProcessAfterFork(data: ptr StartProcessData) {.
-      tags: [ExecIOEffect, ReadEnvEffect, ReadDirEffect, RootEffect], cdecl, gcsafe.}
+      raises: [OSError], tags: [ExecIOEffect, ReadEnvEffect, ReadDirEffect, RootEffect], cdecl, gcsafe.}
     {.pop.}
 
   proc startProcess(command: string, workingDir: string = "",
@@ -861,7 +977,7 @@ elif not defined(useNimRtl):
         when not defined(android): "/bin/sh"
         else: "/system/bin/sh"
       data.sysCommand = useShPath
-      sysArgsRaw = @[data.sysCommand, "-c", command]
+      sysArgsRaw = @[useShPath, "-c", command]
       assert args.len == 0, "`args` has to be empty when using poEvalCommand."
     else:
       data.sysCommand = command
@@ -937,13 +1053,15 @@ elif not defined(useNimRtl):
       var mask: Sigset
       chck sigemptyset(mask)
       chck posix_spawnattr_setsigmask(attr, mask)
-      if poDaemon in data.options:
-        chck posix_spawnattr_setpgroup(attr, 0'i32)
+      when not defined(nuttx):
+        if poDaemon in data.options:
+          chck posix_spawnattr_setpgroup(attr, 0'i32)
 
       var flags = POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK or
                   POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGMASK
-      if poDaemon in data.options:
-        flags = flags or POSIX_SPAWN_SETPGROUP
+      when not defined(nuttx):
+        if poDaemon in data.options:
+          flags = flags or POSIX_SPAWN_SETPGROUP
       chck posix_spawnattr_setflags(attr, flags)
 
       if not (poParentStreams in data.options):
@@ -963,9 +1081,9 @@ elif not defined(useNimRtl):
       var pid: Pid
 
       if (poUsePath in data.options):
-        res = posix_spawnp(pid, data.sysCommand, fops, attr, data.sysArgs, data.sysEnv)
+        res = posix_spawnp(pid, data.sysCommand.cstring, fops, attr, data.sysArgs, data.sysEnv)
       else:
-        res = posix_spawn(pid, data.sysCommand, fops, attr, data.sysArgs, data.sysEnv)
+        res = posix_spawn(pid, data.sysCommand.cstring, fops, attr, data.sysArgs, data.sysEnv)
 
       discard posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy(fops)
       discard posix_spawnattr_destroy(attr)
@@ -1005,15 +1123,13 @@ elif not defined(useNimRtl):
       var error: cint
       let sizeRead = read(data.pErrorPipe[readIdx], addr error, sizeof(error))
       if sizeRead == sizeof(error):
-        raiseOSError(osLastError(),
-                     "Could not find command: '$1'. OS error: $2" %
-                      [$data.sysCommand, $strerror(error)])
+        raiseOSError(OSErrorCode(error),
+                      "Could not find command: '" & $data.sysCommand & "'. OS error: " & $strerror(error))
 
       return pid
 
     {.push stacktrace: off, profiler: off.}
-    proc startProcessFail(data: ptr StartProcessData) =
-      var error: cint = errno
+    proc startProcessFail(data: ptr StartProcessData, error: cint = errno) =
       discard write(data.pErrorPipe[writeIdx], addr error, sizeof(error))
       exitnow(1)
 
@@ -1050,15 +1166,19 @@ elif not defined(useNimRtl):
       if (poUsePath in data.options):
         when defined(uClibc) or defined(linux) or defined(haiku):
           # uClibc environment (OpenWrt included) doesn't have the full execvpe
-          let exe = findExe(data.sysCommand)
-          discard execve(exe, data.sysArgs, data.sysEnv)
+          var exe: string
+          try:
+            exe = findExe(data.sysCommand)
+          except OSError as e:
+            startProcessFail(data, e.errorCode)
+          discard execve(exe.cstring, data.sysArgs, data.sysEnv)
         else:
           # MacOSX doesn't have execvpe, so we need workaround.
           # On MacOSX we can arrive here only from fork, so this is safe:
           environ = data.sysEnv
-          discard execvp(data.sysCommand, data.sysArgs)
+          discard execvp(data.sysCommand.cstring, data.sysArgs)
       else:
-        discard execve(data.sysCommand, data.sysArgs, data.sysEnv)
+        discard execve(data.sysCommand.cstring, data.sysArgs, data.sysEnv)
 
       startProcessFail(data)
     {.pop.}
@@ -1114,7 +1234,7 @@ elif not defined(useNimRtl):
 
   when defined(macosx) or defined(freebsd) or defined(netbsd) or
        defined(openbsd) or defined(dragonfly):
-    import kqueue, times
+    import std/kqueue
 
     proc waitForExit(p: Process, timeout: int = -1): int =
       if p.exitFlag:
@@ -1231,119 +1351,68 @@ elif not defined(useNimRtl):
             p.exitStatus = status
             break
           else:
-            doAssert false, "unreachable!"
+            raiseAssert "unreachable!"
 
       result = exitStatusLikeShell(p.exitStatus)
 
   else:
-    import times
-
-    const
-      hasThreadSupport = compileOption("threads") and not defined(nimscript)
+    import std/times except getTime
+    import std/monotimes
 
     proc waitForExit(p: Process, timeout: int = -1): int =
-      template adjustTimeout(t, s, e: Timespec) =
-        var diff: int
-        var b: Timespec
-        b.tv_sec = e.tv_sec
-        b.tv_nsec = e.tv_nsec
-        e.tv_sec = e.tv_sec - s.tv_sec
-        if e.tv_nsec >= s.tv_nsec:
-          e.tv_nsec -= s.tv_nsec
-        else:
-          if e.tv_sec == posix.Time(0):
-            raise newException(ValueError, "System time was modified")
-          else:
-            diff = s.tv_nsec - e.tv_nsec
-            e.tv_nsec = 1_000_000_000 - diff
-        t.tv_sec = t.tv_sec - e.tv_sec
-        if t.tv_nsec >= e.tv_nsec:
-          t.tv_nsec -= e.tv_nsec
-        else:
-          t.tv_sec = t.tv_sec - posix.Time(1)
-          diff = e.tv_nsec - t.tv_nsec
-          t.tv_nsec = 1_000_000_000 - diff
-        s.tv_sec = b.tv_sec
-        s.tv_nsec = b.tv_nsec
-
       if p.exitFlag:
         return exitStatusLikeShell(p.exitStatus)
 
-      if timeout == -1:
-        var status: cint = 1
+      if timeout < 0:
+        # Backwards compatibility with previous verison to
+        # handle cases where timeout == -1, but extend
+        # to handle cases where timeout < 0
+        var status: cint
         if waitpid(p.id, status, 0) < 0:
           raiseOSError(osLastError())
         p.exitFlag = true
         p.exitStatus = status
       else:
-        var nmask, omask: Sigset
-        var sinfo: SigInfo
-        var stspec, enspec, tmspec: Timespec
-
-        discard sigemptyset(nmask)
-        discard sigemptyset(omask)
-        discard sigaddset(nmask, SIGCHLD)
-
-        when hasThreadSupport:
-          if pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, nmask, omask) == -1:
-            raiseOSError(osLastError())
-        else:
-          if sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, nmask, omask) == -1:
-            raiseOSError(osLastError())
-
-        if timeout >= 1000:
-          tmspec.tv_sec = posix.Time(timeout div 1_000)
-          tmspec.tv_nsec = (timeout %% 1_000) * 1_000_000
-        else:
-          tmspec.tv_sec = posix.Time(0)
-          tmspec.tv_nsec = (timeout * 1_000_000)
-
-        try:
-          if clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, stspec) == -1:
-            raiseOSError(osLastError())
-          while true:
-            let res = sigtimedwait(nmask, sinfo, tmspec)
-            if res == SIGCHLD:
-              if sinfo.si_pid == p.id:
-                var status: cint = 1
-                if waitpid(p.id, status, 0) < 0:
-                  raiseOSError(osLastError())
-                p.exitFlag = true
-                p.exitStatus = status
-                break
-              else:
-                # we have SIGCHLD, but not for process we are waiting,
-                # so we need to adjust timeout value and continue
-                if clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, enspec) == -1:
-                  raiseOSError(osLastError())
-                adjustTimeout(tmspec, stspec, enspec)
-            elif res < 0:
-              let err = osLastError()
-              if err.cint == EINTR:
-                # we have received another signal, so we need to
-                # adjust timeout and continue
-                if clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, enspec) == -1:
-                  raiseOSError(osLastError())
-                adjustTimeout(tmspec, stspec, enspec)
-              elif err.cint == EAGAIN:
-                # timeout expired, so we trying to kill process
-                if posix.kill(p.id, SIGKILL) == -1:
-                  raiseOSError(osLastError())
-                var status: cint = 1
-                if waitpid(p.id, status, 0) < 0:
-                  raiseOSError(osLastError())
-                p.exitFlag = true
-                p.exitStatus = status
-                break
-              else:
-                raiseOSError(err)
-        finally:
-          when hasThreadSupport:
-            if pthread_sigmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, nmask, omask) == -1:
-              raiseOSError(osLastError())
+        # Max 50ms delay
+        const maxWait = initDuration(milliseconds = 50)
+        let wait = initDuration(milliseconds = timeout)
+        let deadline = getMonoTime() + wait
+        # starting 50μs delay
+        var delay = initDuration(microseconds = 50)
+        
+        while true:
+          var status: cint
+          let pid = waitpid(p.id, status, WNOHANG)
+          if p.id == pid :
+            p.exitFlag = true
+            p.exitStatus = status
+            break
+          elif pid.int == -1:
+            raiseOsError(osLastError())
           else:
-            if sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, nmask, omask) == -1:
-              raiseOSError(osLastError())
+            # Continue waiting if needed
+            if getMonoTime() >= deadline:
+              # Previous version of `waitForExit`
+              # foricibly killed the process.
+              # We keep this so we don't break programs
+              # that depend on this behavior
+              if posix.kill(p.id, SIGKILL) < 0:
+                raiseOSError(osLastError())
+            else:
+              const max = 1_000_000_000
+              let 
+                newWait = getMonoTime() + delay
+                ticks = newWait.ticks()
+                ns = ticks mod max
+                secs = ticks div max
+              var 
+                waitSpec: TimeSpec
+                unused: Timespec
+              waitSpec.tv_sec = posix.Time(secs)
+              waitSpec.tv_nsec = clong ns 
+              discard posix.clock_nanosleep(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, TIMER_ABSTIME, waitSpec, unused)
+              let remaining = deadline - getMonoTime()
+              delay = min([delay * 2, remaining, maxWait])
 
       result = exitStatusLikeShell(p.exitStatus)
 
@@ -1360,35 +1429,47 @@ elif not defined(useNimRtl):
         p.exitStatus = status
         result = exitStatusLikeShell(status)
 
-  proc createStream(stream: var owned(Stream), handle: var FileHandle,
-                    fileMode: FileMode) =
+  proc createStream(handle: var FileHandle,
+                    fileMode: FileMode): owned FileStream =
     var f: File
     if not open(f, handle, fileMode): raiseOSError(osLastError())
-    stream = newFileStream(f)
+    return newFileStream(f)
 
   proc inputStream(p: Process): Stream =
     streamAccess(p)
     if p.inStream == nil:
-      createStream(p.inStream, p.inHandle, fmWrite)
+      p.inStream = createStream(p.inHandle, fmWrite)
     return p.inStream
 
   proc outputStream(p: Process): Stream =
     streamAccess(p)
     if p.outStream == nil:
-      createStream(p.outStream, p.outHandle, fmRead)
+      p.outStream = createStream(p.outHandle, fmRead)
     return p.outStream
 
   proc errorStream(p: Process): Stream =
     streamAccess(p)
     if p.errStream == nil:
-      createStream(p.errStream, p.errHandle, fmRead)
+      p.errStream = createStream(p.errHandle, fmRead)
+    return p.errStream
+
+  proc peekableOutputStream(p: Process): Stream =
+    streamAccess(p)
+    if p.outStream == nil:
+      p.outStream = createStream(p.outHandle, fmRead).newPipeOutStream
+    return p.outStream
+
+  proc peekableErrorStream(p: Process): Stream =
+    streamAccess(p)
+    if p.errStream == nil:
+      p.errStream = createStream(p.errHandle, fmRead).newPipeOutStream
     return p.errStream
 
   proc csystem(cmd: cstring): cint {.nodecl, importc: "system",
                                      header: "<stdlib.h>".}
 
   proc execCmd(command: string): int =
-    when defined(linux):
+    when defined(posix):
       let tmp = csystem(command)
       result = if tmp == -1: tmp else: exitStatusLikeShell(tmp)
     else:
@@ -1440,8 +1521,8 @@ elif not defined(useNimRtl):
 proc execCmdEx*(command: string, options: set[ProcessOption] = {
                 poStdErrToStdOut, poUsePath}, env: StringTableRef = nil,
                 workingDir = "", input = ""): tuple[
-                output: TaintedString,
-                exitCode: int] {.tags:
+                output: string,
+                exitCode: int] {.raises: [OSError, IOError], tags:
                 [ExecIOEffect, ReadIOEffect, RootEffect], gcsafe.} =
   ## A convenience proc that runs the `command`, and returns its `output` and
   ## `exitCode`. `env` and `workingDir` params behave as for `startProcess`.
@@ -1458,16 +1539,16 @@ proc execCmdEx*(command: string, options: set[ProcessOption] = {
   ##   <#execProcess,string,string,openArray[string],StringTableRef,set[ProcessOption]>`_
   ##
   ## Example:
-  ##
-  ## .. code-block:: Nim
+  ##   ```Nim
   ##   var result = execCmdEx("nim r --hints:off -", options = {}, input = "echo 3*4")
-  ##   import strutils, strtabs
+  ##   import std/[strutils, strtabs]
   ##   stripLineEnd(result[0]) ## portable way to remove trailing newline, if any
   ##   doAssert result == ("12", 0)
-  ##   doAssert execCmdEx("ls --nonexistant").exitCode != 0
+  ##   doAssert execCmdEx("ls --nonexistent").exitCode != 0
   ##   when defined(posix):
   ##     assert execCmdEx("echo $FO", env = newStringTable({"FO": "B"})) == ("B\n", 0)
   ##     assert execCmdEx("echo $PWD", workingDir = "/") == ("/\n", 0)
+  ##   ```
 
   when (NimMajor, NimMinor, NimPatch) < (1, 3, 5):
     doAssert input.len == 0
@@ -1487,12 +1568,13 @@ proc execCmdEx*(command: string, options: set[ProcessOption] = {
     inputStream(p).write(input)
   close inputStream(p)
 
-  result = (TaintedString"", -1)
-  var line = newStringOfCap(120).TaintedString
+  # consider `p.lines(keepNewLines=true)` to avoid exit code test
+  result = ("", -1)
+  var line = newStringOfCap(120)
   while true:
     if outp.readLine(line):
-      result[0].string.add(line.string)
-      result[0].string.add("\n")
+      result[0].add(line)
+      result[0].add("\n")
     else:
       result[1] = peekExitCode(p)
       if result[1] != -1: break