diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2010, Petr Rockai <me@mornfall.net>
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+      with the distribution.
+
+    * Neither the name of Petr Rockai nor the names of other
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+      from this software without specific prior written permission.
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diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/Shellish.hs b/Shellish.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables, DeriveDataTypeable, OverloadedStrings,
+             MultiParamTypeClasses, FlexibleInstances #-}
+
+-- | A module for shell-like / perl-like programming in Haskell. The stuff in
+-- here is not pretty, but it does get job done. The functionality provided by
+-- this module is (unlike standard Haskell filesystem functionality)
+-- thread-safe: each ShIO maintains its own environment and its own working
+-- directory.
+module Shellish
+       (
+         -- * Entering ShIO.
+         ShIO, shellish, sub, silently, verbosely
+
+         -- * Modifying and querying environment.
+         , setenv, getenv, cd, pwd
+
+         -- * Printing & stuff.
+         , echo, echo_n, echo_err, echo_n_err
+
+         -- * Querying filesystem.
+         , ls, test_e, test_f, test_d, which, find
+
+         -- * Manipulating filesystem.
+         , mv, rm_f, rm_rf, cp, cp_r, mkdir, mkdir_p
+         , readfile, writefile, appendfile, withTmpDir
+
+         -- * Running external commands.
+         , run, (#), lastOutput, lastStdout, lastStderr
+
+         -- * Utilities.
+         , (</>), (<.>), (<$>), (<$$>), grep, whenM, canonic
+         , catch_sh, liftIO, MemTime(..), time, catchany
+         , RunFailed(..)
+         ) where
+
+import Prelude hiding ( catch, readFile )
+import Data.List( isInfixOf, (\\) )
+import Data.Typeable
+import Data.IORef
+import Data.Maybe
+import System.IO hiding ( readFile )
+import System.IO.Strict( readFile )
+import System.Directory
+import System.Exit
+import System.FilePath
+import System.Environment
+import Control.Applicative
+import Control.Exception
+import Control.Monad.Reader
+import Control.Concurrent
+import Data.Time.Clock( getCurrentTime, diffUTCTime, UTCTime(..) )
+import Control.Exception ( bracket, evaluate )
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as B
+import System.Process( runInteractiveProcess, waitForProcess, ProcessHandle )
+
+data MemTime = MemTime Rational Double deriving (Read, Show, Ord, Eq)
+
+data St = St { sCode :: Int, sStderr :: B.ByteString , sStdout :: B.ByteString
+             , sOutput :: B.ByteString, sDirectory :: FilePath
+             , sVerbose :: Bool, sRun :: String -> [String] ->
+                                         ShIO (Handle, Handle, Handle, ProcessHandle)
+             , sEnvironment :: [(String, String)] }
+
+type ShIO a = ReaderT (IORef St) IO a
+
+get :: ShIO St
+get = ask >>= liftIO . readIORef
+put v = ask >>= liftIO . flip writeIORef v
+modify f = ask >>= liftIO . flip modifyIORef f
+gets f = f <$> get
+
+runInteractiveProcess' cmd args = do
+  st <- get
+  liftIO $ runInteractiveProcess cmd args (Just $ sDirectory st) (Just $ sEnvironment st)
+
+-- | A helper to catch any exception (same as
+-- @... `catch` \(e :: SomeException) -> ...@).
+catchany :: IO a -> (SomeException -> IO a) -> IO a
+catchany = catch
+
+-- | Catch an exception in the ShIO monad.
+catch_sh :: (Exception e) => ShIO a -> (e -> ShIO a) -> ShIO a
+catch_sh a h = do ref <- ask
+                  liftIO $ catch (runReaderT a ref) (\e -> runReaderT (h e) ref)
+
+-- | Change current working directory of ShIO. This does *not* change the
+-- working directory of the process we are running it. Instead, ShIO keeps
+-- track of its own workking directory and builds absolute paths internally
+-- instead of passing down relative paths. This may have performance
+-- repercussions if you are doing hundreds of thousands of filesystem
+-- operations. You will want to handle these issues differently in those cases.
+cd :: FilePath -> ShIO ()
+cd dir = do dir' <- path dir
+            modify $ \st -> st { sDirectory = dir' }
+
+path p | isRelative p = (</> p) <$> gets sDirectory
+       | otherwise = return p
+
+-- | Currently a "renameFile" wrapper. TODO: Support cross-filesystem
+-- move. TODO: Support directory paths in the second parameter, like in "cp".
+mv :: FilePath -> FilePath -> ShIO ()
+mv a b = do a' <- path a
+            b' <- path b
+            liftIO $ renameFile a' b'
+
+-- | List directory contents. Does *not* include \".\" and \"..\", but it does
+-- include (other) hidden files.
+ls :: FilePath -> ShIO [String]
+ls dir = do dir' <- path dir
+            liftIO $ filter (`notElem` [".", ".."]) <$> getDirectoryContents dir'
+
+-- | List directory recursively (like the POSIX utility "find").
+find :: FilePath -> ShIO [String]
+find dir = do bits <- ls dir
+              sub <- forM bits $ \x -> do
+                ex <- test_d $ dir </> x
+                if ex then find (dir </> x)
+                      else return []
+              return $ map (dir </>) bits ++ concat sub
+
+-- | Obtain the current (ShIO) working directory.
+pwd :: ShIO String
+pwd = gets sDirectory
+
+-- | Echo string to standard (error, when using _err variants) output. The _n
+-- variants do not print a final newline.
+echo, echo_n, echo_err, echo_n_err :: String -> ShIO ()
+echo = liftIO . putStrLn
+echo_n = liftIO . (>> hFlush System.IO.stdout) . putStr
+echo_err = liftIO . hPutStrLn stderr
+echo_n_err = liftIO . (>> hFlush stderr) . hPutStr stderr
+
+-- | Create a new directory (fails if the directory exists).
+mkdir :: FilePath -> ShIO ()
+mkdir = path >=> liftIO . createDirectory
+
+-- | Create a new directory, including parents (succeeds if the directory
+-- already exists).
+mkdir_p :: FilePath -> ShIO ()
+mkdir_p = path >=> liftIO . createDirectoryIfMissing True
+
+-- | Get a full path to an executable on @PATH@, if exists. FIXME does not
+-- respect setenv'd environment and uses @PATH@ inherited from the process
+-- environment.
+which :: String -> ShIO (Maybe FilePath)
+which = liftIO . findExecutable
+
+-- | Obtain a (reasonably) canonic file path to a filesystem object. Based on
+-- "canonicalizePath" in System.FilePath.
+canonic :: FilePath -> ShIO FilePath
+canonic = path >=> liftIO . canonicalizePath
+
+-- | A monadic-conditional version of the "when" guard.
+whenM :: Monad m => m Bool -> m () -> m ()
+whenM c a = do res <- c
+               when res a
+
+-- | Does a path point to an existing filesystem object?
+test_e :: FilePath -> ShIO Bool
+test_e f = do f' <- path f
+              liftIO $ do
+                dir <- doesDirectoryExist f'
+                file <- doesFileExist f'
+                return $ file || dir
+
+-- | Does a path point to an existing file?
+test_f :: FilePath -> ShIO Bool
+test_f = path >=> liftIO . doesFileExist
+
+-- | Does a path point to an existing directory?
+test_d :: FilePath -> ShIO Bool
+test_d = path >=> liftIO . doesDirectoryExist
+
+-- | A swiss army cannon for removing things. Actually this goes farther than a
+-- normal rm -rf, as it will circumvent permission problems for the files we
+-- own. Use carefully.
+rm_rf :: FilePath -> ShIO ()
+rm_rf f = path f >>= \f' -> do
+  let deletable = Permissions True True True True
+  whenM (test_d f) $ do
+    find f' >>= mapM (\file -> liftIO $ setPermissions file deletable `catchany` \_ -> return ())
+    liftIO $ removeDirectoryRecursive f'
+  whenM (test_f f) $ rm_f f'
+
+-- | Remove a file. Does not fail if the file already is not there. Does fail
+-- if the file is not a file.
+rm_f :: FilePath -> ShIO ()
+rm_f f = path f >>= \f' -> whenM (test_e f) $ liftIO $ removeFile f'
+
+-- | Set an environment variable. The environment is maintained in ShIO
+-- internally, and is passed to any external commands to be executed.
+setenv :: String -> String -> ShIO ()
+setenv k v = modify $ \x -> x { sEnvironment = wibble $ sEnvironment x }
+  where wibble env = (k, v) : filter ((/=k).fst) env
+
+-- | Fetch the current value of an environment variable. Both empty and
+-- non-existent variables give empty string as a result.
+getenv :: String -> ShIO String
+getenv k = fromMaybe "" <$> lookup k <$> gets sEnvironment
+
+-- | Create a sub-ShIO in which external command outputs are not echoed. See "sub".
+silently :: ShIO a -> ShIO a
+silently a = sub $ modify (\x -> x { sVerbose = False }) >> a
+
+-- | Create a sub-ShIO in which external command outputs are echoed. See "sub".
+verbosely :: ShIO a -> ShIO a
+verbosely a = sub $ modify (\x -> x { sVerbose = True }) >> a
+
+-- | Enter a sub-ShIO. The new ShIO inherits the environment and working
+-- directory from the current one, but the sub-ShIO cannot affect the current
+-- one. Exceptions are propagated normally.
+sub :: ShIO a -> ShIO a
+sub a = do
+  st <- get
+  r <- a `catch_sh` (\(e :: SomeException) -> put st >> throw e)
+  put st
+  return r
+
+-- | Enter a ShIO from (Monad)IO. The environment and working directories are
+-- inherited from the current process-wide values. Any subsequent changes in
+-- processwide working directory or environment are not reflected in the
+-- running ShIO.
+shellish :: MonadIO m => ShIO a -> m a
+shellish a = do
+  env <- liftIO $ getEnvironment
+  dir <- liftIO $ getCurrentDirectory
+  let empty = St { sCode = 0, sStderr = B.empty, sOutput = B.empty
+                 , sStdout = B.empty, sVerbose = True
+                 , sRun = runInteractiveProcess', sEnvironment = env
+                 , sDirectory = dir }
+  stref <- liftIO $ newIORef empty
+  liftIO $ runReaderT a stref
+
+drain :: Handle -> Maybe Handle -> Chan B.ByteString -> ShIO (Chan B.ByteString)
+drain h verb all =
+  do chan <- liftIO newChan
+     let work acc = do line <- liftIO $ B.hGetLine h
+                       writeChan all line
+                       liftIO $ when (isJust verb) $ B.hPutStrLn (fromJust verb) line
+                       work $ B.concat [acc, line, "\n"]
+                     `catchany` \_ -> liftIO $ writeChan chan acc
+     _ <- liftIO $ forkIO $ work ""
+     return chan
+
+drainChan :: Chan a -> IO [a]
+drainChan ch = do empty <- isEmptyChan ch
+                  if empty then return []
+                           else do b <- readChan ch
+                                   (b:) <$> drainChan ch
+
+data RunFailed = RunFailed String Int String deriving (Typeable)
+
+instance Show RunFailed where
+  show (RunFailed cmd code errs) =
+    "error running " ++ cmd ++ ": exit status " ++ show code ++ ":\n" ++ errs
+
+instance Exception RunFailed
+
+-- | An infix shorthand for "run". Write @\"command\" # [ \"argument\" ... ]@.
+(#) :: String -> [String] -> ShIO String
+cmd # args = run cmd args
+
+-- | Execute an external command. Takes the command name (no shell allowed,
+-- just a name of something that can be found via @PATH@; FIXME: setenv'd
+-- @PATH@ is not taken into account, only the one inherited from the actual
+-- outside environment). Nothing is provided on "stdin" of the process, and
+-- "stdout" and "stderr" are collected and stored. The "stdout" is returned as
+-- a result of "run", and complete outputs are available after the fact using
+-- "lastStdout", "lastStderr" and "lastOutput" with the last giving an
+-- interleaving of both, approximately reflecting the times of their arrival --
+-- basically what @2>&1@ would give you in a shell.
+run :: String -> [String] -> ShIO String
+run cmd args = do
+    st <- get
+    (_,outH,errH,procH) <- (sRun st) cmd args
+    all' <- liftIO $ newChan
+    res' <- drain outH (if sVerbose st then Just stdout else Nothing) all'
+    errs' <- drain errH (if sVerbose st then Just stderr else Nothing) all'
+    ex <- liftIO $ waitForProcess procH
+    errs <- liftIO $ readChan errs'
+    res <- liftIO $ readChan res'
+    all <- liftIO $ B.intercalate "\n" <$> drainChan all'
+    modify $ \x -> x { sCode = 0, sStderr = errs, sStdout = res, sOutput = all }
+    case ex of
+      ExitSuccess -> return ()
+      ExitFailure n -> do
+        modify $ \x -> x { sCode = n }
+        throw $ RunFailed (cmd ++ " " ++ show args) n (B.unpack errs)
+    return $ B.unpack res
+
+-- | The output of last external command. See "run".
+lastOutput, lastStderr, lastStdout :: ShIO B.ByteString
+lastStdout = gets sStdout
+lastStderr = gets sStderr
+lastOutput = gets sOutput
+
+-- | Run a ShIO computation and collect timing (TODO: and memory) information.
+time :: ShIO a -> ShIO (MemTime, a)
+time what = sub $ do -- TODO track memory usage as well
+  t <- liftIO getCurrentTime
+  res <- what
+  t' <- liftIO getCurrentTime
+  let mt = MemTime 0 (realToFrac $ diffUTCTime t' t)
+  return (mt, res)
+
+{-
+    stats_f <- liftIO $
+      do tmpdir <- getTemporaryDirectory
+         (f, h) <- openTempFile tmpdir "darcs-stats-XXXX"
+         hClose h
+         return f
+    let args = args' ++ ["+RTS", "-s" ++ stats_f, "-RTS"]
+    ...
+    stats <- liftIO $ do c <- readFile' stats_f
+                         removeFile stats_f `catchany` \e -> hPutStrLn stderr (show e)
+                         return c
+                       `catchany` \_ -> return ""
+    let bytes = (stats =~ "([0-9, ]+) M[bB] total memory in use") :: String
+        mem = case length bytes of
+          0 -> 0
+          _ -> (read (filter (`elem` "0123456789") bytes) :: Int)
+    recordMemoryUsed $ mem * 1024 * 1024
+    return res
+-}
+
+-- | Copy a file, or a directory recursively.
+cp_r :: FilePath -> FilePath -> ShIO ()
+cp_r from to = do
+    whenM (test_d from) $
+      mkdir to >> ls from >>= mapM_ (\item -> cp_r (from </> item) (to </> item))
+    whenM (test_f from) $ cp from to
+
+-- | Copy a file. The second path could be a directory, in which case the
+-- original file name is used, in that directory.
+cp :: FilePath -> FilePath -> ShIO ()
+cp from to = do
+  to_dir <- test_d to
+  liftIO $ copyFile from (if to_dir then to </> takeFileName from else to)
+
+class PredicateLike pattern hay where
+  match :: pattern -> hay -> Bool
+
+instance PredicateLike (a -> Bool) a where
+  match = id
+
+instance (Eq a) => PredicateLike [a] [a] where
+  match pat = (pat `isInfixOf`)
+
+-- | Like filter, but more conveniently used with String lists, where a
+-- substring match (TODO: also provide regexps, and maybe globs) is expressed as
+--  @grep \"needle\" [ \"the\", \"stack\", \"of\", \"hay\" ]@. Boolean
+-- predicates just like with "filter" are supported too:
+-- @grep (\"fun\" `isPrefixOf`) [...]@.
+grep :: (PredicateLike pattern hay) => pattern -> [hay] -> [hay]
+grep p l = filter (match p) l
+
+-- | A functor-lifting function composition.
+(<$$>) :: (Functor m) => (b -> c) -> (a -> m b) -> a -> m c
+f <$$> v = fmap f . v
+
+-- | Create a temporary directory and pass it as a parameter to a ShIO
+-- computation. The directory is nuked afterwards.
+withTmpDir :: (FilePath -> ShIO a) -> ShIO a
+withTmpDir act = do
+  dir <- liftIO $ getTemporaryDirectory
+  (path, _) <- liftIO $ openTempFile dir "tmp"
+  rm_f path
+  mkdir path
+  a <- act path `catch_sh` \(e :: SomeException) -> rm_rf path >> throw e
+  rm_rf path
+  return a
+
+-- | Write a String to a file.
+writefile :: FilePath -> String -> ShIO ()
+writefile f bits = path f >>= \f' -> liftIO (writeFile f' bits)
+
+-- | Append a String to a file.
+appendfile :: FilePath -> String -> ShIO ()
+appendfile f bits = path f >>= \f' -> liftIO (appendFile f' bits)
+
+-- | (Strictly) read file into a String.
+readfile :: FilePath -> ShIO String
+readfile = path >=> liftIO . readFile
diff --git a/shellish.cabal b/shellish.cabal
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+Name:                shellish
+
+-- The package version. See the Haskell package versioning policy
+-- (http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Package_versioning_policy) for
+-- standards guiding when and how versions should be incremented.
+Version:             0.1
+
+Synopsis:    shell-/perl- like (systems) programming in Haskell
+
+Description: The shellisg package provides a single module for convenient
+             \"systems\" programming in Haskell, similar in spirit to POSIX
+             shells or PERL.
+             .
+               * Elegance and safety is sacrificed for conciseness and
+                 swiss-army-knife-ness.
+             .
+               * The interface exported by Shellish is thread-safe.
+             .
+             Overall, the module should help you to get a job done quickly,
+             without getting too dirty.
+
+Homepage:            http://repos.mornfall.net/shellish
+License:             BSD3
+License-file:        LICENSE
+Author:              Petr Rockai <me@mornfall.net>
+Maintainer:          me@mornfall.net
+Category:            Development
+Build-type:          Simple
+Cabal-version:       >=1.6
+
+-- Extra-source-files:
+
+Library
+  -- Modules exported by the library.
+  Exposed-modules:     Shellish
+
+  Build-depends: mtl, process, filepath, bytestring, base >= 4 && < 5, time, directory, strict
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     darcs
+  location: http://repos.mornfall.net/shellish
