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+(************************************************************************)
+(*  v      *   The Coq Proof Assistant  /  The Coq Development Team     *)
+(* <O___,, *   INRIA - CNRS - LIX - LRI - PPS - Copyright 1999-2015     *)
+(*   \VV/  **************************************************************)
+(*    //   *      This file is distributed under the terms of the       *)
+(*         *       GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1        *)
+(************************************************************************)
+
+(** {5 System utilities} *)
+
+type physical_path = string
+type load_path = physical_path list
+
+val physical_path_of_string : string -> physical_path
+val string_of_physical_path : physical_path -> string
+
+val canonical_path_name : string -> string
+
+(** remove all initial "./" in a path *)
+val remove_path_dot : string -> string
+
+(** If a path [p] starts with the current directory $PWD then
+    [strip_path p] returns the sub-path relative to $PWD.
+    Any leading "./" are also removed from the result. *)
+val strip_path : string -> string
+
+(** correct_path f dir = dir/f if f is relative *)
+val correct_path : string -> string -> string
+
+val path_to_list : string -> string list
+
+(** [make_suffix file suf] catenate [file] with [suf] when
+    [file] does not already end with [suf]. *)
+val make_suffix : string -> string -> string
+
+(** Return the extension of a file, i.e. its smaller suffix starting
+    with "." if any, or "" otherwise. *)
+val get_extension : string -> string
+
+val file_readable_p : string -> bool
+
+(** {6 Executing commands } *)
+
+(** [run_command com] launches command [com], and returns
+    the contents of stdout and stderr. If given, [~hook]
+    is called on each elements read on stdout or stderr. *)
+
+val run_command :
+  ?hook:(string->unit) -> string -> Unix.process_status * string
+
+(** [sys_command] launches program [prog] with arguments [args].
+    It behaves like [Sys.command], except that we rely on
+    [Unix.create_process], it's hardly more complex and avoids dealing
+    with shells. In particular, no need to quote arguments
+    (against whitespace or other funny chars in paths), hence no need
+    to care about the different quoting conventions of /bin/sh and cmd.exe. *)
+
+val sys_command : string -> string list -> Unix.process_status
+
+(** A version of [Unix.waitpid] immune to EINTR exceptions *)
+
+val waitpid_non_intr : int -> Unix.process_status
+
+(** checks if two file names refer to the same (existing) file *)
+val same_file : string -> string -> bool
+