Re: [HACKERS] removing the exec() from doexec() - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

> > On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > > No reason for the exec().  I believe the only advantage is that it gives
> > > us a separate process name in the 'ps' listing.  I have looked into
> > > simulating this.
> >
> >     Under FreeBSD, there is:
> >
> > setproctitle(3) - set the process title for ps 1
> >
> >     This isn't available under Solaris though, last I checked...
>
> Not even BSDI, which is BSD 4.4 like FreeBSD.

ubik:~$ uname -a
Linux ubik 2.0.32 #1 Wed Nov 19 00:46:45 EST 1997 i586 unknown
ubik:~$ perl -e '$0 = "it_works!";system "ps p $$"'
  PID TTY STAT  TIME COMMAND
 7629  p8 S    0:00 it_works!

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