Re: writable /proc/XXX/cmdline to change ps name (patch)
Andi Kleen (ak@muc.de)
15 Nov 1998 10:32:50 +0100
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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