Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 00:26:38 +0930 From: "Rob" <listone@deathbeforedecaf.net> To: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can I Set Process Name? Message-ID: <000a01c34561$228ff5b0$a4b826cb@goo> References: <003001c3455e$b6c322f0$6e2a6ba5@lc.ca.gov>
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setproctitle(3) - but I don't know how you would call it from perl. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 12:09 AM Subject: Can I Set Process Name? > Is there a way to either change the name of a running process or start > the process with a name of my choosing? On my system, I am running > webmin and spamd. Both processes show in ps -acux output as "perl". > > blacklamb# ps -acux | grep perl > root 22476 0.0 2.9 6760 5576 ?? Ss Sat11AM 0:06.30 perl > root 33725 0.0 11.0 21604 21196 ?? Ss 9:07PM 0:03.11 > perl > > Is there a way to make the webmin process name "webmin" and the spamd > process "spamd"? I'm willing to read but have no idea where to start so > please nudge me in the right direction. > > Thanks, > > Drew > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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