[comp.unix.questions] Changing process names on the fly

mcd@mcdd1.UUCP (Martin Dew) (11/21/89)

Using System V is it possible to change the name of an already
executing process ?

gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) (11/23/89)

In article <102@mcdd1.UUCP> mcd@mcdd1.UUCP (Martin Dew) writes:
>Using System V is it possible to change the name of an already
>executing process ?

Processes don't have names, just numbers.

If you mean, change argv[0], I think that would be VERY dangerous.