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

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