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SETPROCTITLE (3) \| C library functions \| Unix Manual Pages \| :man▋ NAME setproctitle - set process title CONTENTS Synopsis Description Examples See Also Standards History Authors Bugs SYNOPSIS .In sys/types.h .In unistd.h void `setproctitle "const char fmt" "..."` DESCRIPTION The `setproctitle` library routine sets the process title that appears on the ps(1) command. The title is set from the executable’s name, followed by the result of a printf(3) style expansion of the arguments as specified by the fmt* argument. If the fmt argument begins with a "-" character, the executable’s name is skipped. If fmt is NULL, the process title is restored. EXAMPLES To set the title on a daemon to indicate its activity: setproctitle("talking to %s", inet_ntoa(addr)); SEE ALSO ps(1), w(1), kvm(3), kvm_getargv(3), printf(3) STANDARDS ps(1) HISTORY AUTHORS BUGS

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