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SubjectRe: absolute path of a process
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Followup to:  <3C3C8188.E5F7677E@nbnet.nb.ca>
By author: Senhua Tao <stao@nbnet.nb.ca>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
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> Hi,
>
> I am new to linux kernel. I like to know is there any way to find
> the absolute path of a process. I mean, how the kernel knows which
> process is currently running? I tried to follow the current variable
> but got lost. Is the inode struct should I look at?
>

Examine /proc/self/exe.

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