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+# Monitor a client process and shutdown the current process, if the client
+# process is found to be dead
+
+import os
+
+when defined(posix):
+  import posix_utils
+  import posix
+
+when defined(windows):
+  import winlean
+
+when defined(posix):
+  proc monitorClientProcessIdThreadProc(pid: int) {.thread.} =
+    while true:
+      sleep(1000)
+      try:
+        sendSignal(Pid(pid), 0)
+      except:
+        discard kill(Pid(getCurrentProcessId()), cint(SIGTERM))
+
+when defined(windows):
+  proc monitorClientProcessIdThreadProc(pid: int) {.thread.} =
+    var process = openProcess(SYNCHRONIZE, 0, DWORD(pid))
+    if process != 0:
+      discard waitForSingleObject(process, INFINITE)
+      discard closeHandle(process)
+    quit(0)
+
+var tid: Thread[int]
+
+proc hookProcMonitor*(pid: int) =
+  when defined(posix) or defined(windows):
+    createThread(tid, monitorClientProcessIdThreadProc, pid)