ps_name: Process name

Description

The name of the program, which is typically the name of the executable.

Usage

ps_name(p = ps_handle())

Value

Character scalar.

Arguments

p: Process handle.

Details

On Unix this can change, e.g. via an exec*() system call.

ps_name() works on zombie processes.

Other process handle functions: ps_children(), ps_cmdline(), ps_connections(), ps_cpu_times(), ps_create_time(), ps_cwd(), ps_descent(), ps_environ(), ps_exe(), ps_handle(), ps_interrupt(), ps_is_running(), ps_kill(), ps_memory_info(), ps_num_fds(), ps_num_threads(), ps_open_files(), ps_pid(), ps_ppid(), ps_resume(), ps_send_signal(), ps_shared_libs(), ps_status(), ps_suspend(), ps_terminal(), ps_terminate(), ps_uids(), ps_username()

Examples

Run this code

p <- ps_handle()
p
ps_name(p)
ps_exe(p)
ps_cmdline(p)