> that it matters at all, I'd like to +1 the suggestion/request of picking up
> support for
> setproctitle(3) in the next available release.
>> in which case I'd prefer to implement this via setproctitle(3), given
>> this API exists on BSD and Linux.
Well, I don't think setproctitle(3) exists on
next
available release.
Thanks again!
Best,
Steve
From: Corinna Vinschen
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2024 1:58 AM
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Cc: Steve Beck
Subject: Re: Setting process command name in forked process
On Jan 26 18:35, Steve Beck via Cygwin wrote:
>
> It used to work in the past, for sure, and was used in some code over here...
And yes, like Corinna said, you have to use procps to actually see the changes.
Anton Lavrentiev
Contractor NIH/NLM/NCBI
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> Can you see what I'm doing wrong?
It used to work in the past, for sure, and was used in some code over here...
Since it was an ad-hoc thing, the behavior might have changed -- I haven't
checked it lately.
To make the full disclosure, we reassign the entire __argv here from the linear
memory
On Jan 26 18:35, Steve Beck via Cygwin wrote:
> Thanks so much for the reply, Anton! Really appreciate it.
>
> I tried what you proposed. Here is the code trying both ways
> (overwriting what is referenced by __argv[0] and then reassigning the
> reference). I compile this code (foo.c) simply as
you see what I'm doing wrong?
Many thanks,
Steve
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From: Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C]
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2024 7:47 AM
To: Steve Beck ; cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: RE: Setting process command name in forked process
> (I'm assuming it'
> (I'm assuming it's too late by the time the /proc entry has been set up).
Actually, it's not. But beware, the suggested solution is absolutely NOT
portable:
These are the externals that /proc is referring to... (Not argc, argv passed
to main().)
extern char** __argv;
extern int
On 2024-01-23 12:32, Steve Beck via Cygwin wrote:
Hope this is an appropriate question for this list:
Version 3.4.10 (of cygwin1.dll - cygcheck output attached):
I am trying to set the process command name of a forked process. Is there a
prescribed way to do this in Cygwin?
I looked for either
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