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+//===========================================
+//  Lumina-desktop source code
+//  Copyright (c) 2017, Ken Moore
+//  Available under the 3-clause BSD license
+//  See the LICENSE file for full details
+//===========================================
+// This is a simple class for launching/managing an external process in a non-interactive manner
+//  This object will clean itself up when finished and log all output to a particular file if designated
+//    otherwise it will suppress all output from the process
+//===========================================
+#ifndef _LUMINA_EXTERNAL_PROCESS_H
+#define _LUMINA_EXTERNAL_PROCESS_H
+
+#include <QProcess>
+#include <QString>
+
+class ExternalProcess : public QProcess{
+	Q_OBJECT
+private slots:
+	void processFinished(){
+	  //Clean up this object
+          this->deleteLater();
+	}
+public:
+	ExternalProcess(QString logfile = "") : QProcess(){
+	  this->setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::MergedChannels);
+	  if(logfile.isEmpty()){
+	    this->setStandardOutputFile(QProcess::nullDevice());
+	  }else{
+	    this->setStandardOutputFile(logfile);
+	  }
+	  //Setup the connection for automatic cleanup
+	  connect(this, SIGNAL(finished(int, QProcess::ExitStatus)), this, SLOT(processFinished()) );
+	}
+	~ExternalProcess(){
+	}
+
+	static void launch(QString program, QStringList args = QStringList()){
+	  //Quick launch of a process with logging disabled and automatic cleanup
+	  ExternalProcess *tmp = new ExternalProcess();
+	  if(args.isEmpty()){ tmp->start(program); }
+	  else{ tmp->start(program, args); }
+	}
+};
+#endif