diff --git a/util/process/ProcessImpl.scala b/util/process/ProcessImpl.scala
index 69191d054..f29d8bfa3 100644
--- a/util/process/ProcessImpl.scala
+++ b/util/process/ProcessImpl.scala
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ object BasicIO
 	private def processErrFully(log: ProcessLogger) = processFully(s => log.error(s))
 	private def processInfoFully(log: ProcessLogger) = processFully(s => log.info(s))
 
-	def ignoreOut = (i: OutputStream) => ()
 	final val BufferSize = 8192
 	final val Newline = System.getProperty("line.separator")
 
@@ -62,6 +61,7 @@ object BasicIO
 		{
 			val reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in))
 			processLinesFully(processLine)(reader.readLine)
+                        reader.close()
 		}
 	def processLinesFully(processLine: String => Unit)(readLine: () => String)
 	{
@@ -76,8 +76,11 @@ object BasicIO
 		}
 		readFully()
 	}
-	def connectToIn(o: OutputStream) { transferFully(System.in, o) }
-	def input(connect: Boolean): OutputStream => Unit = if(connect) connectToIn else ignoreOut
+	def connectToIn(o: OutputStream) { transferFully(Uncloseable protect System.in, o) }
+	def input(connect: Boolean): OutputStream => Unit = { outputToProcess =>
+          if(connect) connectToIn(outputToProcess)
+          else outputToProcess.close()
+        }
 	def standard(connectInput: Boolean): ProcessIO = standard(input(connectInput))
 	def standard(in: OutputStream => Unit): ProcessIO = new ProcessIO(in, toStdOut, toStdErr)
 
@@ -110,6 +113,7 @@ object BasicIO
 			}
 		}
 		read
+                in.close()
 	}
 }
 
@@ -469,4 +473,4 @@ private object Streamed
 	}
 }
 
-private final class Streamed[T](val process: T => Unit, val done: Int => Unit, val stream: () => Stream[T]) extends NotNull
\ No newline at end of file
+private final class Streamed[T](val process: T => Unit, val done: Int => Unit, val stream: () => Stream[T]) extends NotNull