diff --git a/lsyncd-conf.lua b/lsyncd-conf.lua
index 96f397f..817ce5d 100644
--- a/lsyncd-conf.lua
+++ b/lsyncd-conf.lua
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ slowbash = {
 			event.source, event.target)
 	end,
 
+    onModify = function(event)
+        spawn(event, "/home/axel/lsyncd2/in", "<", "tuhutu\n", "2")
+	end,
+
 	onCreate = function(event)
 		local s = event.sourcePathname
 		local t = event.targetPathname
@@ -33,12 +37,12 @@ slowbash = {
 		spawnShell(event, prefix..[[cp -r "$1" "$2"]], s, t)
 	end,
 
-	onModify = function(event)
-		local s = event.sourcePathname
-		local t = event.targetPathname
-		log("Normal", "Spawning Modify ",s," -> ",t)
-		spawnShell(event, prefix..[[cp -r "$1" "$2"]], s, t)
-	end,
+--	onModify = function(event)
+--		local s = event.sourcePathname
+--		local t = event.targetPathname
+--		log("Normal", "Spawning Modify ",s," -> ",t)
+--		spawnShell(event, prefix..[[cp -r "$1" "$2"]], s, t)
+--	end,
 
 	onDelete = function(event)
 		local t = event.targetPathname
diff --git a/lsyncd.c b/lsyncd.c
index 2070d4b..aab09bf 100644
--- a/lsyncd.c
+++ b/lsyncd.c
@@ -393,6 +393,79 @@ s_strdup(const char *src)
 	return s;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Sets the close-on-exit flag for an fd
+ */
+static void
+close_exec_fd(int fd)
+{
+	int flags;
+    flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFD);
+    if (flags == -1) {
+		logstring("Error", "cannot get descriptor flags!");
+		exit(-1); // ERRNO
+	}
+	flags |= FD_CLOEXEC;
+	if (fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, flags) == -1) {
+		logstring("Error", "cannot set descripptor flags!");
+		exit(-1); // ERRNO
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sets the non-blocking flag for an fd
+ */
+static void
+non_block_fd(int fd)
+{
+	int flags;
+    flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFL);
+    if (flags == -1) {
+		logstring("Error", "cannot get status flags!");
+		exit(-1); // ERRNO
+	}
+	flags |= O_NONBLOCK;;
+	if (fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, flags) == -1) {
+		logstring("Error", "cannot set status flags!");
+		exit(-1); // ERRNO
+	}
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * A child process gets text piped longer than on
+ * write() can manage.
+ */
+struct pipemsg {
+	/* pipe file descriptor */
+	int fd;
+
+	/* message to send */
+	char *text;
+
+	/* length of text */
+	int tlen;
+
+	/* position in message */
+	int pos;
+};
+
+/**
+ * All pipes currently active.
+ */
+static struct pipemsg *pipes = NULL;
+
+/**
+ * amount of pipes allocated.
+ */
+size_t pipes_size = 0; 
+
+/**
+ * number of pipes used.
+ */
+size_t pipes_len = 0;
+
+
 /*****************************************************************************
  * Library calls for lsyncd.lua
  * 
@@ -606,37 +679,31 @@ l_exec(lua_State *L)
 
 	if (argc >= 2 && !strcmp(luaL_checkstring(L, 2), "<")) {
 		/* pipes something into stdin */
-    	int flags;
 		pipe_text = luaL_checkstring(L, 3);
-printf("pipe_text = %s\n", pipe_text);
 		/* creates the pipe */
 		if (pipe(pipefd) == -1) {
 			logstring("Error", "cannot create a pipe!");
-			terminate(-1); // ERRNO
-		}
-
-		/* sets the write end of the pipe to close on exec */ 
-	    if (flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFD) == -1) {
-			logstring("Error", "cannot get pipe flage!");
-			terminate(-1); // ERRNO
-		}
-		flags |= FD_CLOEXEC;
-		if (fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, flags) == -1) {
-			logstring("Error", "cannot set pipe flage!");
-			terminate(-1); // ERRNO
+			exit(-1); // ERRNO
 		}
+		/* always close the write end for child processes */
+		close_exec_fd(pipefd[1]);
+		/* set the write end on non-blocking */
+		non_block_fd(pipefd[1]);
 
 		argc -= 2;
 		li += 2;
 	}
 
-	argv = s_calloc(argc + 2, sizeof(char *));
-	argv[0] = binary;
-	for(i = 1; i <= argc; i++) {
-		argv[i] = luaL_checkstring(L, i + li);
+	{
+		/* prepares the arguments */
+		int i;
+		argv = s_calloc(argc + 2, sizeof(char *));
+		argv[0] = binary;
+		for(i = 1; i <= argc; i++) {
+			argv[i] = luaL_checkstring(L, i + li);
+		}
+		argv[i] = NULL;
 	}
-	argv[i] = NULL;
-	
 	pid = fork();
 
 	if (pid == 0) {
@@ -665,9 +732,33 @@ printf("pipe_text = %s\n", pipe_text);
 	}
 
 	if (pipe_text) {
+		int tlen = strlen(pipe_text);
+		int len;
 		/* first closes read-end of pipe, this is for child process only */
 		close(pipefd[0]);
-
+		/* start filling the pipe */
+		len = write(pipefd[1], pipe_text, tlen);
+		if (len < 0) {
+			logstring("Normal", "broken pipe.");
+			close(pipefd[0]);
+		}
+		if (len == tlen) {
+			/* usual and best case, the pipe accepted all input -> close */
+			close(pipefd[1]);
+			logstring("Exec", "one-sweeped pipe");
+		} else {
+			logstring("Exec", "adding delayed pipe");
+			int p = pipes_len;
+			pipes_len++;
+			if (pipes_len > pipes_size) {
+				pipes_size = pipes_len;
+				pipes = s_realloc(pipes, pipes_size*sizeof(struct pipemsg));
+			}
+			pipes[p].fd = pipefd[1];
+			pipes[p].tlen = tlen;
+			pipes[p].text = s_strdup(pipe_text);
+		}
+		close(pipefd[0]);
 	}
 	free(argv);
 	lua_pushnumber(L, pid);
@@ -1075,7 +1166,7 @@ masterloop(lua_State *L)
 		bool have_alarm;
 		clock_t now = times(NULL);
 		clock_t alarm_time;
-		int do_read;
+		bool do_read = false;
 		ssize_t len; 
 
 		/* queries runner about soonest alarm  */
@@ -1096,16 +1187,12 @@ masterloop(lua_State *L)
 			/* there is a delay that wants to be handled already thus do not 
 			 * read from inotify_fd and jump directly to its handling */
 			logstring("Masterloop", "immediately handling delays.");
-			do_read = 0;
 		} else {
 			/* use select() to determine what happens next
 			 * + a new event on inotify
 			 * + an alarm on timeout  
 			 * + the return of a child process */
-			sigset_t sigset;
-			fd_set readfds;
 			struct timespec tv;
-			sigemptyset(&sigset);
 
 			if (have_alarm) { 
 				double d = ((double)(alarm_time - now)) / clocks_per_sec;
@@ -1118,18 +1205,39 @@ masterloop(lua_State *L)
 			}
 			/* if select returns a positive number there is data on inotify
 			 * on zero the timemout occured. */
-			FD_ZERO(&readfds);
-			FD_SET(inotify_fd, &readfds);
-			do_read = pselect(inotify_fd + 1, &readfds, NULL, NULL, 
-				have_alarm ? &tv : NULL, &sigset);
+			{
+				fd_set rfds;
+				fd_set wfds;
+				sigset_t sigset;
+				sigemptyset(&sigset);
+				int nfds = inotify_fd;
+				int pi;
 
-			logstring("Masterloop", do_read > 0 ? 
-				"theres data on inotify." :
-				"core: select() timeout or signal.");
+				FD_ZERO(&rfds);
+				FD_ZERO(&wfds);
+				FD_SET(inotify_fd, &rfds);
+				for(pi = 0; pi < pipes_len; pi++) {
+					int pfd = pipes[pi].fd;
+					nfds = pfd > nfds ? pfd : nfds;
+					FD_SET(pfd, &wfds);
+				}
+
+				/* reuse pi for result */
+				pi = pselect(nfds + 1, &rfds, NULL, NULL, 
+					have_alarm ? &tv : NULL, &sigset);
+				if (pi >= 0) {
+					do_read = FD_ISSET(inotify_fd, &rfds);
+				}
+				if (do_read) {
+					logstring("Masterloop", do_read > 0 ? 
+						"theres data on inotify." :
+						"core: select() timeout or signal.");
+				}
+			}
 		} 
 		
 		/* reads possible events from inotify stream */
-		while(do_read > 0) {
+		while(do_read) {
 			int i = 0;
 			do {
 				len = read (inotify_fd, readbuf, readbuf_size);
@@ -1158,8 +1266,8 @@ masterloop(lua_State *L)
 				FD_ZERO(&readfds);
 				FD_SET(inotify_fd, &readfds);
 				do_read = pselect(inotify_fd + 1, &readfds, 
-					NULL, NULL, &tv, NULL);
-				if (do_read > 0) {
+					NULL, NULL, &tv, NULL) > 0;
+				if (do_read) {
 					logstring("Masterloop", "there is more data on inotify.");
 				}
 			}
@@ -1170,6 +1278,33 @@ masterloop(lua_State *L)
 			handle_event(L, NULL);	
 		}
 
+		{
+			/* writes into pipes if any */
+			int pi;
+			for(pi = 0; pi < pipes_len; pi++) {
+				struct pipemsg *pm = pipes + pi;
+				int len = write(pm->fd, pm->text + pm->pos, pm->tlen - pm->pos);
+				bool do_close = false;
+				pm->pos += len;
+				if (len < 0) {
+					logstring("Normal", "broken pipe.");
+					do_close = true;
+				} else if (pm->pos >= pm->tlen) {
+					logstring("Debug", "finished pipe.");
+					do_close = true;
+				}
+				if (do_close) {
+					close(pm->fd);
+					free(pm->text);
+					pipes_len--;
+					memmove(pipes + pi, pipes + pi + 1, 
+						(pipes_len - pi) * sizeof(struct pipemsg));
+					pi--;
+					continue;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		/* collects zombified child processes */
 		while(1) {
 			int status;
@@ -1429,14 +1564,14 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	/* opens inotify */
-	inotify_fd = inotify_init1(IN_CLOEXEC);
+	inotify_fd = inotify_init();
 	if (inotify_fd == -1) {
 		printlogf(L, "Error", 
 			"Cannot create inotify instance! (%d:%s)", 
 			errno, strerror(errno));
 		return -1; // ERRNO
 	}
-
+	close_exec_fd(inotify_fd);
 
 	{
 		/* adds signal handlers *
diff --git a/lsyncd.lua b/lsyncd.lua
index 5295e7c..d02754b 100644
--- a/lsyncd.lua
+++ b/lsyncd.lua
@@ -1474,8 +1474,8 @@ end
 -- @param ...     arguments
 --
 function spawn(agent, binary, ...)
-	if agent == nil then
-		error("spawning with a nil agent", 2)
+	if agent == nil or type(agent) ~= "table" then
+		error("spawning with an invalid agent", 2)
 	end
 	local pid = lsyncd.exec(binary, ...)
 	if pid and pid > 0 then