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.\" $NetBSD: setproctitle.3,v 1.3 1996/11/09 08:41:46 lukem Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1994, 1995 Christopher G. Demetriou
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by Christopher G. Demetriou
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.\" for the NetBSD Project.
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.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd "April 13, 1994"
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.Dt SETPROCTITLE 3
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.Os NetBSD 0.9a
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm setproctitle
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.Nd set process title
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <stdlib.h>
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.Ft void
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.Fn setproctitle "const char *fmt" "..."
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn setproctitle
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function sets the invoking process's title.
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The process title is set to the last component of the program
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name, followed by a colon and the formatted string specified
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by
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.Va fmt .
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If
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.Va fmt
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is NULL, the colon and formatted string are omitted.
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The length of a process title is limited to 2048 bytes.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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Set the process title to the program name, with no further information:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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setproctitle(NULL);
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Set the process title to the program name, an informational string,
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and the process id:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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setproctitle("foo! (%d)", getpid());
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.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr ps 1 ,
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.Xr w 1 ,
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.Xr printf 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn setproctitle
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function first appeared in
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.Nx 0.9a .
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