From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: absolute path of a process
Date: 9 Jan 2002 15:38:29 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a1ik9l$hgf$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3C3C8188.E5F7677E@nbnet.nb.ca>
Followup to: <3C3C8188.E5F7677E@nbnet.nb.ca>
By author: Senhua Tao <stao@nbnet.nb.ca>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Hi,
>
> I am new to linux kernel. I like to know is there any way to find
> the absolute path of a process. I mean, how the kernel knows which
> process is currently running? I tried to follow the current variable
> but got lost. Is the inode struct should I look at?
>
Examine /proc/self/exe.
-hpa
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-01-09 23:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-01-09 17:44 absolute path of a process Senhua Tao
2002-01-09 20:47 ` Chris Wright
2002-01-09 23:38 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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