Index: src/OFProcess.h
==================================================================
--- src/OFProcess.h
+++ src/OFProcess.h
@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@
  * \return An initialized OFProcess.
  */
 - initWithProgram: (OFString*)program
       programName: (OFString*)programName
 	arguments: (OFArray*)arguments;
+
+/**
+ * \brief Closes the write direction of the process.
+ *
+ * This method needs to be called for some programs before data can be read,
+ * since some programs don't start processing before the write direction is
+ * closed.
+ */
+- (void)closeForWriting;
 @end

Index: src/OFProcess.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFProcess.m
+++ src/OFProcess.m
@@ -136,10 +136,18 @@
 /*
  * FIXME: Add -[fileDescriptor]. The problem is that we have two FDs, which is
  *	  not yet supported by OFStreamObserver. This has to be split into one
  *	  FD for reading and one for writing.
  */
+
+- (void)closeForWriting
+{
+	if (writePipe[1] != -1)
+		close(writePipe[1]);
+
+	writePipe[1] = -1;
+}
 
 - (void)close
 {
 	if (readPipe[0] != -1)
 		close(readPipe[0]);