Index: uspace/lib/c/generic/task.c
===================================================================
--- uspace/lib/c/generic/task.c	(revision 854eddd6711fa7a5783a815c8d140d5414badf49)
+++ uspace/lib/c/generic/task.c	(revision adfdbd51f9cd406c1bbdfba5c7e33ab7300f0398)
@@ -101,30 +101,4 @@
 int task_spawnv(task_id_t *id, const char *path, const char *const args[])
 {
-	/* Connect to a program loader. */
-	loader_t *ldr = loader_connect();
-	if (ldr == NULL)
-		return EREFUSED;
-	
-	/* Get task ID. */
-	task_id_t task_id;
-	int rc = loader_get_task_id(ldr, &task_id);
-	if (rc != EOK)
-		goto error;
-	
-	/* Send spawner's current working directory. */
-	rc = loader_set_cwd(ldr);
-	if (rc != EOK)
-		goto error;
-	
-	/* Send program pathname. */
-	rc = loader_set_pathname(ldr, path);
-	if (rc != EOK)
-		goto error;
-	
-	/* Send arguments. */
-	rc = loader_set_args(ldr, args);
-	if (rc != EOK)
-		goto error;
-	
 	/* Send default files */
 	fdi_node_t *files[4];
@@ -150,4 +124,51 @@
 	files[3] = NULL;
 	
+	return task_spawnvf(id, path, args, files);
+}
+
+/** Create a new task by running an executable from the filesystem.
+ *
+ * This is really just a convenience wrapper over the more complicated
+ * loader API. Arguments are passed as a null-terminated array of strings.
+ * Files are passed as null-terminated array of pointers to fdi_node_t.
+ *
+ * @param id    If not NULL, the ID of the task is stored here on success.
+ * @param path  Pathname of the binary to execute.
+ * @param argv  Command-line arguments.
+ * @param files Standard files to use.
+ *
+ * @return Zero on success or negative error code.
+ *
+ */
+int task_spawnvf(task_id_t *id, const char *path, const char *const args[],
+    fdi_node_t *const files[])
+{
+	/* Connect to a program loader. */
+	loader_t *ldr = loader_connect();
+	if (ldr == NULL)
+		return EREFUSED;
+	
+	/* Get task ID. */
+	task_id_t task_id;
+	int rc = loader_get_task_id(ldr, &task_id);
+	if (rc != EOK)
+		goto error;
+	
+	/* Send spawner's current working directory. */
+	rc = loader_set_cwd(ldr);
+	if (rc != EOK)
+		goto error;
+	
+	/* Send program pathname. */
+	rc = loader_set_pathname(ldr, path);
+	if (rc != EOK)
+		goto error;
+	
+	/* Send arguments. */
+	rc = loader_set_args(ldr, args);
+	if (rc != EOK)
+		goto error;
+	
+	/* Send files */
 	rc = loader_set_files(ldr, files);
 	if (rc != EOK)
@@ -169,5 +190,4 @@
 	
 	return EOK;
-	
 error:
 	/* Error exit */
Index: uspace/lib/c/include/task.h
===================================================================
--- uspace/lib/c/include/task.h	(revision 854eddd6711fa7a5783a815c8d140d5414badf49)
+++ uspace/lib/c/include/task.h	(revision adfdbd51f9cd406c1bbdfba5c7e33ab7300f0398)
@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <vfs/vfs.h>
 
 typedef uint64_t task_id_t;
@@ -51,4 +52,6 @@
 extern task_id_t task_spawn(const char *, const char *const[], int *);
 extern int task_spawnv(task_id_t *, const char *path, const char *const []);
+extern int task_spawnvf(task_id_t *, const char *path, const char *const [],
+    fdi_node_t *const []);
 extern int task_spawnl(task_id_t *, const char *path, ...);