topic Re: How modify process name in list process ? in Operating System - HP-UX

How modify process name in list process ?

Vincent Giacomini — Fri, 13 Oct 2000 08:07:07 GMT

Hi,

I would like to know how to modify (by API) the name of a process as it's appears in
ps list.

For example, pppd deamon do that

Any idea ?

Re: How modify process name in list process ?

Andreas Voss — Fri, 13 Oct 2000 08:36:53 GMT

Hi,

think this can be done only in C language:
pstat(PSTAT_SETCMD, (union pstun),len,0,0);

Regards

Re: How modify process name in list process ?

Stefan Farrelly — Fri, 13 Oct 2000 08:38:58 GMT

Not sure if you can do that, but by using exec (man 2 exec) you can replace the current running process with a new one and thus change your process name as it appears in ps.