changing cmd listing for ps -f

stephen.a.rago sar0 at cbnewsl.att.com
Tue Jul 3 00:45:24 AEST 1990


In article <8259 at b11.ingr.com>, kiick at b11.ingr.com (chris kiick) writes:
> How can I change the command name that ps -f lists from within
>  a program?  What I'm trying to do is to fork off a process that will
>  look different to a person doing a ps -f.  Changing argv doesn't
>  seem to do it. Any Ideas?

Try copying the command to a different name and, when the command
starts, have it look at argv[0].  If it's the original name, then exec
the other copy.



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