make
cp plexio /usr/local/bin/
First argument is the UNIX socket to listen on. The next arguments are the command to mask.
For instance, to launch a Minecraft server:
plexio /tmp/minecraft java -jar minecraft_server.jar
Now, to access the stdin and out of the process, open a connection to the UNIX socket specified. For instance, using netcat wrapped in readline:
rlwrap nc -U /tmp/minecraft
(For accessing Minecraft servers that are wrapped in anyconsole, I've written lolmc as a front-end to this UNIX socket for Node.js scripts.)
This is approximately equivalent to
stdbuf -oL java -jar minecraft_server.jar > minecraft.log 2>&1
tail -fn 0 minecraft.log
except, of course, that you have access to the stdin of the process as well.
If you would like to use this project in a free and open source software stack, let me know via a message on GitHub and I will slam on the license you need.