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SETPROCTITLE(3)           NetBSD Programmer's Manual           SETPROCTITLE(3)


NAME

     setproctitle - set process title


LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)


SYNOPSIS

     #include <stdlib.h>

     void
     setproctitle(const char *fmt, ...);


DESCRIPTION

     The setproctitle() function sets the invoking process's title.  The pro-
     cess title is set to the last component of the program name, followed by
     a colon and the formatted string specified by fmt.  If fmt is NULL, the
     colon and formatted string are omitted.  The length of a process title is
     limited to 2048 bytes.


EXAMPLES

     Set the process title to the program name, with no further information:

           setproctitle(NULL);

     Set the process title to the program name, an informational string, and
     the process id:

           setproctitle("foo! (%d)", getpid());


SEE ALSO

     ps(1), w(1), getprogname(3), printf(3)


HISTORY

     The setproctitle() function first appeared in NetBSD 1.0.

NetBSD 1.6                      April 13, 1994                               1