# File lib/god/process.rb, line 245
    def spawn(command)
      fork do
        ::Process.setsid
        ::Process::Sys.setgid(Etc.getgrnam(self.gid).gid) if self.gid
        ::Process::Sys.setuid(Etc.getpwnam(self.uid).uid) if self.uid
        Dir.chdir "/"
        $0 = command
        STDIN.reopen "/dev/null"
        STDOUT.reopen self.log, "a"
        STDERR.reopen STDOUT
        
        # close any other file descriptors
        3.upto(256){|fd| IO::new(fd).close rescue nil}
        
        exec command unless command.empty?
      end
    end