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From: sar0@cbnewsl.att.com (stephen.a.rago)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: changing cmd listing for ps -f
Keywords: ps command fork
Message-ID: <1990Jul2.144524.5660@cbnewsl.att.com>
Date: 2 Jul 90 14:45:24 GMT
References: <8259@b11.ingr.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <8259@b11.ingr.com>, kiick@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.