Messages in this thread | | | From | Steven Stewart-Gallus <> | Date | Thu, 04 Dec 2014 19:44:25 +0000 (GMT) | Subject | How can I parse the command name from /proc/<pid>/stat? |
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Hello,
Given an evil hacker trying to confuse process monitors that might use such strange process names as 'pause) R 0 0 (foo' how can I correctly parse the command name from /proc/<pid>/stat? Maybe I should just use /proc/<pid>/status? Maybe there should be some documentation written on the issue? I just wanted to send an email off to check if I was missing anything before writing a few small additions to the documentation or filing a bug report. procps-ng seems to use an ugly hack that involves knowing the limits on the size of a possible command name that I'm not actually sure works totally correctly.
Thank you, Steven Stewart-Gallus
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