diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 1f64cc908a..3d30b3d195 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 
+2.1-939 | 2013-07-29 15:42:38 -0700
+
+  * Added Exec, Dir, and ActiveHTTP modules. (Seth Hall)
+
+    base/utils/exec.bro provides a module to start external processes
+    asynchronously and retrieve their output on termination.
+    base/utils/dir.bro uses it to monitor a directory for changes, and
+    base/utils/active-http.bro for providing an interface for querying
+    remote web servers.
+
 2.1-930 | 2013-07-29 15:06:07 -0700
 
   * Major file analysis overhaul in naming and appearance, along with
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index de2ee1b684..c421e7d675 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ New Functionality
 
   See <INSERT LINK> for full documentation.
 
+- base/utils/exec.bro provides a module to start external processes
+  asynchronously and retrieve their output on termination.
+  base/utils/dir.bro uses it to monitor a directory for changes, and
+  base/utils/active-http.bro for providing an interface for querying
+  remote web servers.
+
 Changed Functionality
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index cacffbfffc..4ebbf81a9f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.1-930
+2.1-939
diff --git a/doc/scripts/DocSourcesList.cmake b/doc/scripts/DocSourcesList.cmake
index c5b3f7cbbb..2efa45ef38 100644
--- a/doc/scripts/DocSourcesList.cmake
+++ b/doc/scripts/DocSourcesList.cmake
@@ -164,9 +164,12 @@ rest_target(${psd} base/protocols/ssl/main.bro)
 rest_target(${psd} base/protocols/ssl/mozilla-ca-list.bro)
 rest_target(${psd} base/protocols/syslog/consts.bro)
 rest_target(${psd} base/protocols/syslog/main.bro)
+rest_target(${psd} base/utils/active-http.bro)
 rest_target(${psd} base/utils/addrs.bro)
 rest_target(${psd} base/utils/conn-ids.bro)
+rest_target(${psd} base/utils/dir.bro)
 rest_target(${psd} base/utils/directions-and-hosts.bro)
+rest_target(${psd} base/utils/exec.bro)
 rest_target(${psd} base/utils/files.bro)
 rest_target(${psd} base/utils/numbers.bro)
 rest_target(${psd} base/utils/paths.bro)
diff --git a/scripts/base/init-default.bro b/scripts/base/init-default.bro
index 72ba0bf115..6e348cfffd 100644
--- a/scripts/base/init-default.bro
+++ b/scripts/base/init-default.bro
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@
 ##! you actually want.
 
 @load base/utils/site
+@load base/utils/active-http
 @load base/utils/addrs
 @load base/utils/conn-ids
+@load base/utils/dir
 @load base/utils/directions-and-hosts
+@load base/utils/exec
 @load base/utils/files
 @load base/utils/numbers
 @load base/utils/paths
diff --git a/scripts/base/utils/active-http.bro b/scripts/base/utils/active-http.bro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb9a212221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/base/utils/active-http.bro
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+##! A module for performing active HTTP requests and
+##! getting the reply at runtime.
+
+@load ./exec
+
+module ActiveHTTP;
+
+export {
+	## The default timeout for HTTP requests.
+	const default_max_time = 1min &redef;
+
+	## The default HTTP method/verb to use for requests.
+	const default_method = "GET" &redef;
+
+	type Response: record {
+		## Numeric response code from the server.
+		code:      count;
+		## String response message from the server.
+		msg:       string;
+		## Full body of the response.
+		body:      string                  &optional;
+		## All headers returned by the server.
+		headers:   table[string] of string &optional;
+	};
+
+	type Request: record {
+		## The URL being requested.
+		url:             string;
+		## The HTTP method/verb to use for the request.
+		method:          string                  &default=default_method;
+		## Data to send to the server in the client body.  Keep in
+		## mind that you will probably need to set the *method* field
+		## to "POST" or "PUT".
+		client_data:     string                  &optional;
+		## Arbitrary headers to pass to the server.  Some headers
+		## will be included by libCurl.
+		#custom_headers: table[string] of string &optional;
+		## Timeout for the request.
+		max_time:        interval                &default=default_max_time;
+		## Additional curl command line arguments.  Be very careful
+		## with this option since shell injection could take place
+		## if careful handling of untrusted data is not applied.
+		addl_curl_args:  string                  &optional;
+	};
+
+	## Perform an HTTP request according to the :bro:type:`Request` record.
+	## This is an asynchronous function and must be called within a "when"
+	## statement.
+	##
+	## req: A record instance representing all options for an HTTP request.
+	##
+	## Returns: A record with the full response message.
+	global request: function(req: ActiveHTTP::Request): ActiveHTTP::Response;
+}
+
+function request2curl(r: Request, bodyfile: string, headersfile: string): string
+	{
+	local cmd = fmt("curl -s -g -o \"%s\" -D \"%s\" -X \"%s\"",
+	                str_shell_escape(bodyfile),
+	                str_shell_escape(headersfile),
+	                str_shell_escape(r$method));
+
+	cmd = fmt("%s -m %.0f", cmd, r$max_time);
+
+	if ( r?$client_data )
+		cmd = fmt("%s -d -", cmd);
+
+	if ( r?$addl_curl_args )
+		cmd = fmt("%s %s", cmd, r$addl_curl_args);
+
+	cmd = fmt("%s \"%s\"", cmd, str_shell_escape(r$url));
+	return cmd;
+	}
+
+function request(req: Request): ActiveHTTP::Response
+	{
+	local tmpfile     = "/tmp/bro-activehttp-" + unique_id("");
+	local bodyfile    = fmt("%s_body", tmpfile);
+	local headersfile = fmt("%s_headers", tmpfile);
+
+	local cmd = request2curl(req, bodyfile, headersfile);
+	local stdin_data = req?$client_data ? req$client_data : "";
+
+	local resp: Response;
+	resp$code = 0;
+	resp$msg = "";
+	resp$body = "";
+	resp$headers = table();
+	return when ( local result = Exec::run([$cmd=cmd, $stdin=stdin_data, $read_files=set(bodyfile, headersfile)]) )
+		{
+		# If there is no response line then nothing else will work either.
+		if ( ! (result?$files && headersfile in result$files) )
+			{
+			Reporter::error(fmt("There was a failure when requesting \"%s\" with ActiveHTTP.", req$url));
+			return resp;
+			}
+
+		local headers = result$files[headersfile];
+		for ( i in headers )
+			{
+			# The reply is the first line.
+			if ( i == 0 )
+				{
+				local response_line = split_n(headers[0], /[[:blank:]]+/, F, 2);
+				if ( |response_line| != 3 )
+					return resp;
+
+				resp$code = to_count(response_line[2]);
+				resp$msg = response_line[3];
+				resp$body = join_string_vec(result$files[bodyfile], "");
+				}
+			else
+				{
+				local line = headers[i];
+				local h = split1(line, /:/);
+				if ( |h| != 2 )
+					next;
+				resp$headers[h[1]] = sub_bytes(h[2], 0, |h[2]|-1);
+				}
+			}
+		return resp;
+		}
+	}
diff --git a/scripts/base/utils/dir.bro b/scripts/base/utils/dir.bro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f3ee94945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/base/utils/dir.bro
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+@load base/utils/exec
+@load base/frameworks/reporter
+@load base/utils/paths
+
+module Dir;
+
+export {
+	## The default interval this module checks for files in directories when
+	## using the :bro:see:`Dir::monitor` function.
+	const polling_interval = 30sec &redef;
+
+	## Register a directory to monitor with a callback that is called
+	## every time a previously unseen file is seen.  If a file is deleted
+	## and seen to be gone, the file is available for being seen again in
+	## the future.
+	##
+	## dir: The directory to monitor for files.
+	##
+	## callback: Callback that gets executed with each file name
+	##           that is found.  Filenames are provided with the full path.
+	##
+	## poll_interval: An interval at which to check for new files.
+	global monitor: function(dir: string, callback: function(fname: string),
+	                         poll_interval: interval &default=polling_interval);
+}
+
+event Dir::monitor_ev(dir: string, last_files: set[string],
+                      callback: function(fname: string),
+                      poll_interval: interval)
+	{
+	when ( local result = Exec::run([$cmd=fmt("ls -i \"%s/\"", str_shell_escape(dir))]) )
+		{
+		if ( result$exit_code != 0 )
+			{
+			Reporter::warning(fmt("Requested monitoring of non-existent directory (%s).", dir));
+			return;
+			}
+
+		local current_files: set[string] = set();
+		local files: vector of string = vector();
+
+		if ( result?$stdout )
+			files = result$stdout;
+
+		for ( i in files )
+			{
+			local parts = split1(files[i], / /);
+			if ( parts[1] !in last_files )
+				callback(build_path_compressed(dir, parts[2]));
+			add current_files[parts[1]];
+			}
+
+		schedule poll_interval
+			{
+			Dir::monitor_ev(dir, current_files, callback, poll_interval)
+			};
+		}
+	}
+
+function monitor(dir: string, callback: function(fname: string),
+                 poll_interval: interval &default=polling_interval)
+	{
+	event Dir::monitor_ev(dir, set(), callback, poll_interval);
+	}
+
+
diff --git a/scripts/base/utils/exec.bro b/scripts/base/utils/exec.bro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..732bbcf34c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/base/utils/exec.bro
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+##! A module for executing external command line programs.
+
+@load base/frameworks/input
+
+module Exec;
+
+export {
+	type Command: record {
+		## The command line to execute.  Use care to avoid injection attacks.
+		## I.e. if the command uses untrusted/variable data, sanitize
+                ## it with str_shell_escape().
+		cmd:         string;
+		## Provide standard in to the program as a string.
+		stdin:       string      &default="";
+		## If additional files are required to be read in as part of the output
+		## of the command they can be defined here.
+		read_files:  set[string] &optional;
+		# The unique id for tracking executors.
+		uid: string &default=unique_id("");
+	};
+
+	type Result: record {
+		## Exit code from the program.
+		exit_code:    count            &default=0;
+		## True if the command was terminated with a signal.
+		signal_exit:  bool             &default=F;
+		## Each line of standard out.
+		stdout:       vector of string &optional;
+		## Each line of standard error.
+		stderr:       vector of string &optional;
+		## If additional files were requested to be read in
+		## the content of the files will be available here.
+		files:        table[string] of string_vec &optional;
+	};
+
+	## Function for running command line programs and getting
+	## output.  This is an asynchronous function which is meant
+	## to be run with the `when` statement.
+	##
+	## cmd: The command to run.  Use care to avoid injection attacks!
+	##
+	## returns: A record representing the full results from the
+	##          external program execution.
+	global run: function(cmd: Command): Result;
+
+	## The system directory for temp files.
+	const tmp_dir = "/tmp" &redef;
+}
+
+# Indexed by command uid.
+global results: table[string] of Result;
+global pending_commands: set[string];
+global pending_files: table[string] of set[string];
+
+type OneLine: record {
+	s: string;
+	is_stderr: bool;
+};
+
+type FileLine: record {
+	s: string;
+};
+
+event Exec::line(description: Input::EventDescription, tpe: Input::Event, s: string, is_stderr: bool)
+	{
+	local result = results[description$name];
+	if ( is_stderr )
+		{
+		if ( ! result?$stderr )
+			result$stderr = vector(s);
+		else
+			result$stderr[|result$stderr|] = s;
+		}
+	else
+		{
+		if ( ! result?$stdout )
+			result$stdout = vector(s);
+		else
+			result$stdout[|result$stdout|] = s;
+		}
+	}
+
+event Exec::file_line(description: Input::EventDescription, tpe: Input::Event, s: string)
+	{
+	local parts = split1(description$name, /_/);
+	local name = parts[1];
+	local track_file = parts[2];
+
+	local result = results[name];
+	if ( ! result?$files )
+		result$files = table();
+
+	if ( track_file !in result$files )
+		result$files[track_file] = vector(s);
+	else
+		result$files[track_file][|result$files[track_file]|] = s;
+	}
+
+event Input::end_of_data(name: string, source:string)
+	{
+	local parts = split1(name, /_/);
+	name = parts[1];
+
+	if ( name !in pending_commands || |parts| < 2 )
+		return;
+
+	local track_file = parts[2];
+
+	Input::remove(name);
+
+	if ( name !in pending_files )
+		delete pending_commands[name];
+	else
+		{
+		delete pending_files[name][track_file];
+		if ( |pending_files[name]| == 0 )
+			delete pending_commands[name];
+		system(fmt("rm \"%s\"", str_shell_escape(track_file)));
+		}
+	}
+
+event InputRaw::process_finished(name: string, source:string, exit_code:count, signal_exit:bool)
+	{
+	if ( name !in pending_commands )
+		return;
+
+	Input::remove(name);
+	results[name]$exit_code = exit_code;
+	results[name]$signal_exit = signal_exit;
+
+	if ( name !in pending_files || |pending_files[name]| == 0 )
+		# No extra files to read, command is done.
+		delete pending_commands[name];
+	else
+		for ( read_file in pending_files[name] )
+			Input::add_event([$source=fmt("%s", read_file),
+			                  $name=fmt("%s_%s", name, read_file),
+			                  $reader=Input::READER_RAW,
+			                  $want_record=F,
+			                  $fields=FileLine,
+			                  $ev=Exec::file_line]);
+	}
+
+function run(cmd: Command): Result
+	{
+	add pending_commands[cmd$uid];
+	results[cmd$uid] = [];
+
+	if ( cmd?$read_files )
+		{
+		for ( read_file in cmd$read_files )
+			{
+			if ( cmd$uid !in pending_files )
+				pending_files[cmd$uid] = set();
+			add pending_files[cmd$uid][read_file];
+			}
+		}
+
+	local config_strings: table[string] of string = {
+		["stdin"]       = cmd$stdin,
+		["read_stderr"] = "1",
+	};
+	Input::add_event([$name=cmd$uid,
+	                  $source=fmt("%s |", cmd$cmd),
+	                  $reader=Input::READER_RAW,
+	                  $fields=Exec::OneLine,
+	                  $ev=Exec::line,
+	                  $want_record=F,
+	                  $config=config_strings]);
+
+	return when ( cmd$uid !in pending_commands )
+		{
+		local result = results[cmd$uid];
+		delete results[cmd$uid];
+		return result;
+		}
+	}
+
+event bro_done()
+	{
+	# We are punting here and just deleting any unprocessed files.
+	for ( uid in pending_files )
+		for ( fname in pending_files[uid] )
+			system(fmt("rm \"%s\"", str_shell_escape(fname)));
+	}
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/coverage.bare-load-baseline/canonified_loaded_scripts.log b/testing/btest/Baseline/coverage.bare-load-baseline/canonified_loaded_scripts.log
index e28efc9563..e65b72a30b 100644
--- a/testing/btest/Baseline/coverage.bare-load-baseline/canonified_loaded_scripts.log
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/coverage.bare-load-baseline/canonified_loaded_scripts.log
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #empty_field	(empty)
 #unset_field	-
 #path	loaded_scripts
-#open	2013-07-29-21-31-47
+#open	2013-07-29-22-37-52
 #fields	name
 #types	string
 scripts/base/init-bare.bro
@@ -93,4 +93,4 @@ scripts/base/init-bare.bro
   build/scripts/base/bif/__load__.bro
 scripts/policy/misc/loaded-scripts.bro
   scripts/base/utils/paths.bro
-#close	2013-07-29-21-31-47
+#close	2013-07-29-22-37-52
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/coverage.default-load-baseline/canonified_loaded_scripts.log b/testing/btest/Baseline/coverage.default-load-baseline/canonified_loaded_scripts.log
index faf372222b..dbbf689185 100644
--- a/testing/btest/Baseline/coverage.default-load-baseline/canonified_loaded_scripts.log
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/coverage.default-load-baseline/canonified_loaded_scripts.log
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #empty_field	(empty)
 #unset_field	-
 #path	loaded_scripts
-#open	2013-07-29-21-31-48
+#open	2013-07-29-22-37-53
 #fields	name
 #types	string
 scripts/base/init-bare.bro
@@ -92,12 +92,17 @@ scripts/base/init-bare.bro
         scripts/base/utils/patterns.bro
   build/scripts/base/bif/__load__.bro
 scripts/base/init-default.bro
+  scripts/base/utils/active-http.bro
+    scripts/base/utils/exec.bro
   scripts/base/utils/addrs.bro
   scripts/base/utils/conn-ids.bro
+  scripts/base/utils/dir.bro
+    scripts/base/frameworks/reporter/__load__.bro
+      scripts/base/frameworks/reporter/main.bro
+    scripts/base/utils/paths.bro
   scripts/base/utils/directions-and-hosts.bro
   scripts/base/utils/files.bro
   scripts/base/utils/numbers.bro
-  scripts/base/utils/paths.bro
   scripts/base/utils/queue.bro
   scripts/base/utils/strings.bro
   scripts/base/utils/thresholds.bro
@@ -131,8 +136,6 @@ scripts/base/init-default.bro
   scripts/base/frameworks/intel/__load__.bro
     scripts/base/frameworks/intel/main.bro
     scripts/base/frameworks/intel/input.bro
-  scripts/base/frameworks/reporter/__load__.bro
-    scripts/base/frameworks/reporter/main.bro
   scripts/base/frameworks/sumstats/__load__.bro
     scripts/base/frameworks/sumstats/main.bro
     scripts/base/frameworks/sumstats/plugins/__load__.bro
@@ -198,4 +201,4 @@ scripts/base/init-default.bro
     scripts/base/files/extract/main.bro
   scripts/base/misc/find-checksum-offloading.bro
 scripts/policy/misc/loaded-scripts.bro
-#close	2013-07-29-21-31-48
+#close	2013-07-29-22-37-53
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.utils.active-http/bro..stdout b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.utils.active-http/bro..stdout
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0284eb19b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.utils.active-http/bro..stdout
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[code=200, msg=OK^M, body=It works!, headers={
+[Server] =  1.0,
+[Content-type] =  text/plain,
+[Date] =  July 22, 2013
+}]
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.utils.dir/bro..stdout b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.utils.dir/bro..stdout
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3103b7f64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.utils.dir/bro..stdout
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+new_file1, ../testdir/bye
+new_file1, ../testdir/hi
+new_file1, ../testdir/howsitgoing
+new_file2, ../testdir/bye
+new_file2, ../testdir/hi
+new_file2, ../testdir/howsitgoing
+new_file1, ../testdir/bye
+new_file1, ../testdir/newone
+new_file2, ../testdir/bye
+new_file2, ../testdir/newone
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.utils.exec/bro..stdout b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.utils.exec/bro..stdout
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5352d15d18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.utils.exec/bro..stdout
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+test1, [exit_code=0, signal_exit=F, stdout=[done, exit, stop], stderr=<uninitialized>, files={
+[out1] = [insert text here, and here],
+[out2] = [insert more text here, and there]
+}]
+test2, [exit_code=1, signal_exit=F, stdout=[here's something on stdout, some more stdout, last stdout], stderr=[and some stderr, more stderr, last stderr], files=<uninitialized>]
+test3, [exit_code=9, signal_exit=F, stdout=[FML], stderr=<uninitialized>, files=<uninitialized>]
+test4, [exit_code=0, signal_exit=F, stdout=[hibye], stderr=<uninitialized>, files=<uninitialized>]
diff --git a/testing/btest/scripts/base/utils/active-http.test b/testing/btest/scripts/base/utils/active-http.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..127b21d77e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/scripts/base/utils/active-http.test
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# @TEST-REQUIRES: which httpd
+# @TEST-REQUIRES: which python
+#
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-bg-run httpd python $SCRIPTS/httpd.py --max 1
+# @TEST-EXEC: sleep 3
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-bg-run bro bro -b %INPUT
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-bg-wait 15
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff bro/.stdout
+
+@load base/utils/active-http
+
+redef exit_only_after_terminate = T;
+
+event bro_init()
+	{
+	local req = ActiveHTTP::Request($url="localhost:32123");
+
+	when ( local resp = ActiveHTTP::request(req) )
+		{
+		print resp;
+		terminate();
+		}
+	timeout 1min
+		{
+		print "HTTP request timeout";
+		terminate();
+		}
+	}
diff --git a/testing/btest/scripts/base/utils/dir.test b/testing/btest/scripts/base/utils/dir.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44fee3860f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/scripts/base/utils/dir.test
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-bg-run bro bro -b ../dirtest.bro
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-bg-wait 10
+# @TEST-EXEC: TEST_DIFF_CANONIFIER=$SCRIPTS/diff-sort btest-diff bro/.stdout
+
+@TEST-START-FILE dirtest.bro
+
+@load base/utils/dir
+
+redef exit_only_after_terminate = T;
+
+global c: count = 0;
+
+function check_terminate_condition()
+	{
+	c += 1;
+
+	if ( c == 10 )
+		terminate();
+	}
+
+function new_file1(fname: string)
+	{
+	print "new_file1", fname;
+	check_terminate_condition();
+	}
+
+function new_file2(fname: string)
+	{
+	print "new_file2", fname;
+	check_terminate_condition();
+	}
+
+event change_things()
+	{
+	system("touch ../testdir/newone");
+	system("rm ../testdir/bye && touch ../testdir/bye");
+	}
+
+event bro_init()
+	{
+	Dir::monitor("../testdir", new_file1, .5sec);
+	Dir::monitor("../testdir", new_file2, 1sec);
+	schedule 1sec { change_things() };
+	}
+
+@TEST-END-FILE
+
+@TEST-START-FILE testdir/hi
+123
+@TEST-END-FILE
+
+@TEST-START-FILE testdir/howsitgoing
+abc
+@TEST-END-FILE
+
+@TEST-START-FILE testdir/bye
+!@#
+@TEST-END-FILE
diff --git a/testing/btest/scripts/base/utils/exec.test b/testing/btest/scripts/base/utils/exec.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8876f0f49b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/scripts/base/utils/exec.test
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-bg-run bro bro -b ../exectest.bro
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-bg-wait 10
+# @TEST-EXEC: TEST_DIFF_CANONIFIER=$SCRIPTS/diff-sort btest-diff bro/.stdout
+
+@TEST-START-FILE exectest.bro
+
+@load base/utils/exec
+
+redef exit_only_after_terminate = T;
+
+global c: count = 0;
+
+function check_exit_condition()
+	{
+	c += 1;
+
+	if ( c == 4 )
+		terminate();
+	}
+
+function test_cmd(label: string, cmd: Exec::Command)
+	{
+	when ( local result = Exec::run(cmd) )
+		{
+		print label, result;
+		check_exit_condition();
+		}
+	}
+
+event bro_init()
+	{
+	test_cmd("test1", [$cmd="bash ../somescript.sh",
+	                   $read_files=set("out1", "out2")]);
+	test_cmd("test2", [$cmd="bash ../nofiles.sh"]);
+	test_cmd("test3", [$cmd="bash ../suicide.sh"]);
+	test_cmd("test4", [$cmd="bash ../stdin.sh", $stdin="hibye"]);
+	}
+
+@TEST-END-FILE
+
+@TEST-START-FILE somescript.sh
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+echo "insert text here" > out1
+echo "and here" >> out1
+echo "insert more text here" > out2
+echo "and there" >> out2
+echo "done"
+echo "exit"
+echo "stop"
+@TEST-END-FILE
+
+@TEST-START-FILE nofiles.sh
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+echo "here's something on stdout"
+echo "some more stdout"
+echo "last stdout"
+echo "and some stderr" 1>&2
+echo "more stderr" 1>&2
+echo "last stderr" 1>&2
+exit 1
+@TEST-END-FILE
+
+@TEST-START-FILE suicide.sh
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+echo "FML"
+kill -9 $$
+echo "nope"
+@TEST-END-FILE
+
+@TEST-START-FILE stdin.sh
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+read -r line
+echo "$line"
+@TEST-END-FILE
diff --git a/testing/scripts/httpd.py b/testing/scripts/httpd.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..0732614bc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/scripts/httpd.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+
+import BaseHTTPServer
+
+class MyRequestHandler(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+
+    def do_GET(self):
+        self.send_response(200)
+        self.send_header("Content-type", "text/plain")
+        self.end_headers()
+        self.wfile.write("It works!")
+
+    def version_string(self):
+        return "1.0"
+
+    def date_time_string(self):
+        return "July 22, 2013"
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    from optparse import OptionParser
+    p = OptionParser()
+    p.add_option("-a", "--addr", type="string", default="localhost",
+                 help=("listen on given address (numeric IP or host name), "
+                       "an empty string (the default) means INADDR_ANY"))
+    p.add_option("-p", "--port", type="int", default=32123,
+                 help="listen on given TCP port number")
+    p.add_option("-m", "--max", type="int", default=-1,
+                 help="max number of requests to respond to, -1 means no max")
+    options, args = p.parse_args()
+
+    httpd = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer((options.addr, options.port),
+                                      MyRequestHandler)
+    if options.max == -1:
+        httpd.serve_forever()
+    else:
+        served_count = 0
+        while served_count != options.max:
+            httpd.handle_request()
+            served_count += 1