#9143: feature request: way to set actual program argv
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Reporter: joeyhess | Owner:
Type: feature | Status: new
request | Milestone:
Priority: normal | Version: 7.8.2
Component: Runtime | Keywords:
System | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
Resolution: | Difficulty: Moderate (less
Operating System: Linux | than a day)
Type of failure: | Blocked By:
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Changes (by thomie):
* owner: simonmar =>
* status: closed => new
* resolution: wontfix =>
Comment:
Or maybe that stackoverflow answer is not out of date, but it's just only
one half of the story? I added this comment: "This seems to only change
the name in the output of 'ps -A', 'ps -a' 'ps -d', 'ps -e' and maybe
others, whereas 'ps a', 'ps -ef', 'ps f' and probably others still show
the original command line arguments."
Changing argv[0] would then be the other half of the story, like you
suggested in the description. This C example shows "othername" when using
'ps -ef', but not when doing 'ps -e'. In `top` you can toggle between the
two by hitting the `c` key.
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