NAME
Sys::Proctitle - modify proctitle on Linux
SYNOPSIS
use Sys::Proctitle qw/:all/;
setproctitle( "my new title" );
setproctitle( qw/my new title/ );
$s=getproctitle;
or
{
# set proctitle while in block
my $proctitle=Sys::Proctitle->new( 'my new title' );
...
}
INSTALLATION
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
DEPENDENCIES
* This module works only on linux.
* perl 5.8.0
DESCRIPTION
"Sys::Proctitle" provides an interface for setting the process title
shown by "ps", "top" or similar tools on Linux. Why do we need this? One
could simply change $0 to achieve the same result. Well, first setting
$0 did not work with 5.8.0. Further, setting $0 won't work with
mod_perl.
Procedural Interface
*setproctitle( arg1, arg2, ... argN )*
all arguments are joined with "\0". The resulting string is set as
process title.
*getproctitle()*
returns the current process title. On Linux the space useable as
process title consists of the original space for argv the process
was executed with plus the space of the original environment. This
function returns the current content of this buffer.
The length of the returned string is the maximum process title
length.
Object Interface
*new( arg1, arg2, ... argN )*
the current process title is saved. Then the arguments are passed to
"setproctitle".
*DESTROY()*
restores the saved process title.
EXPORT
None by default.
On demand "setproctitle" and "getproctitle" are exported.
The ":all" Exporter tag exports "setproctitle" and "getproctitle".
SEE ALSO
Apache::ShowStatus
AUTHOR
Torsten Foertsch, <
[email protected]>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2004 by Torsten Foertsch
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
