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+#/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright 2011 Florent Le Coz <louiz@louiz.org>
+#
+# This file is part of Poezio.
+#
+# Poezio is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the zlib license. See the COPYING file.
+
+"""
+This file is a standalone program that reads commands on
+stdin and executes them (each line should be a command).
+
+Usage: cat some_fifo | ./daemon.py
+
+Poezio writes commands in the fifo, and this daemon executes them on the
+local machine.
+Note that you should not start this daemon if you do not trust the remote
+machine that is running poezio, since this could make it run any (dangerous)
+command on your local machine.
+"""
+
+import sys
+import threading
+import subprocess
+
+class Executor(threading.Thread):
+    """
+    Just a class to execute commands in a thread.
+    This way, the execution can totally fail, we don’t care,
+    and we can start commands without having to wait for them
+    to return
+    """
+    def __init__(self, command):
+        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
+        self.command = command
+
+    def run(self):
+        print('executing %s' % (self.command.strip(),))
+        subprocess.call(self.command.split())
+
+def main():
+    while True:
+        line = sys.stdin.readline()
+        if line == '':
+            break
+        e = Executor(line)
+        e.start()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()