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Re: [HACKERS] removing the exec() from doexec()

Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org>

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From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
To: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: Brett McCormickS <brett@abraxas.scene.com>, pgsql-hackers@hub.org
Date: 1998-04-30T02:20:52Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> No reason for the exec().  I believe the only advantage is that it gives
> us a separate process name in the 'ps' listing.  I have looked into
> simulating this.

	Under FreeBSD, there is:

setproctitle(3) - set the process title for ps 1

	This isn't available under Solaris though, last I checked...

Marc G. Fournier                                
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org