Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: writable /proc/XXX/cmdline to change ps name (patch) | | From | Andi Kleen <> | | Date | 15 Nov 1998 10:32:50 +0100 |
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In article <9811141755.AA66792@brooks.torolab.ibm.com>, peeter_joot@VNET.IBM.COM writes: > Hello, > Attached below is a patch that allows /proc/<pid>/cmdline to be writable. > Some other operating systems have mechanisms that allow you to change the > name that shows up when you do a ps (AIX -- write into argv[0], HP -- via > pstat()). I didn't think that it would be too hard to allow the > same thing on linux via /proc/, and gave it a try.
Linux has the same mechanism. Just overwrite the command line in the environment. No need to change /proc.
-Andi
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