diff --git a/dsafe/pledge.d b/dsafe/pledge.d
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+++ b/dsafe/pledge.d
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+/*
+ * Snippet of code showing how to call OpenBSD's
+ * pledge() syscall in safe D (or not!)
+ */
+
+int
+main(string[] args) @safe
+{
+	/* if you're not using @safe you can
+	 * remove this ugly lambda thing */
+	version (OpenBSD) () @trusted {
+		import core.sys.openbsd.unistd : pledge;
+		import std.string : toStringz;
+
+		immutable(char) *promises;
+
+		promises = toStringz("stdio rpath wpath cpath ...");
+		pledge(promises, null);
+	}();
+}
diff --git a/dsafe/stderr.d b/dsafe/stderr.d
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+++ b/dsafe/stderr.d
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+/*
+ * Opening stderr in safe D
+ */
+
+import std.stdio : File;
+
+File
+stderr() @safe
+{
+	return File("/dev/stderr", "w");
+}