summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/lib/libc/gen/setproctitle.3
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorps <ps@FreeBSD.org>2000-08-01 06:37:09 +0000
committerps <ps@FreeBSD.org>2000-08-01 06:37:09 +0000
commit4b4777407a50f3cf96be2addda75d92b862a174b (patch)
treeb86ecf35aab4f1fca464b0efa495aa70ce177072 /lib/libc/gen/setproctitle.3
parent7bbd9bfadc01786cc3d3a7964628d21e02528e48 (diff)
downloadFreeBSD-src-4b4777407a50f3cf96be2addda75d92b862a174b.zip
FreeBSD-src-4b4777407a50f3cf96be2addda75d92b862a174b.tar.gz
If the format string passed to setproctitle begins with a '-'
character, skip the program name when setting the process title. Ansified with extreme prejudice. Reviewed by: peter
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/setproctitle.3')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/gen/setproctitle.35
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/setproctitle.3 b/lib/libc/gen/setproctitle.3
index b2322b3..7fd157f 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/setproctitle.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/setproctitle.3
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ result of a
style expansion of the arguments as specified by the
.Va fmt
argument.
+If the
+.Va fmt
+argument begins with a
+.Dq -
+character, the executable's name is skipped.
.Pp
If
.Va fmt
OpenPOWER on IntegriCloud