func system(launchPath: String, arguments: String...) -> (status: Int32, output: String)
{
    let task = NSTask()
    task.launchPath = launchPath
    task.arguments = arguments

    let pipe = NSPipe()
    task.standardOutput = pipe
    task.launch()
    //task.waitUntilExit()  // Tested with and without this

    let data = pipe.fileHandleForReading.readDataToEndOfFile()
    let output = String(NSString(data: data, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)!)
        
    return (task.terminationStatus, output)
}