NAME Sys::Proctitle - modify proctitle on Linux SYNOPSIS use Sys::Proctitle qw/:all/; setproctitle( "my new title" ); setproctitle( qw/my new title/ ); $s=getproctitle; or { # set proctitle while in block my $proctitle=Sys::Proctitle->new( 'my new title' ); ... } INSTALLATION perl Makefile.PL make make test make install DEPENDENCIES * This module works only on linux. * perl 5.8.0 DESCRIPTION "Sys::Proctitle" provides an interface for setting the process title shown by "ps", "top" or similar tools on Linux. Why do we need this? One could simply change $0 to achieve the same result. Well, first setting $0 did not work with 5.8.0. Further, setting $0 won't work with mod_perl. Procedural Interface *setproctitle( arg1, arg2, ... argN )* all arguments are joined with "\0". The resulting string is set as process title. *getproctitle()* returns the current process title. On Linux the space useable as process title consists of the original space for argv the process was executed with plus the space of the original environment. This function returns the current content of this buffer. The length of the returned string is the maximum process title length. Object Interface *new( arg1, arg2, ... argN )* the current process title is saved. Then the arguments are passed to "setproctitle". *DESTROY()* restores the saved process title. EXPORT None by default. On demand "setproctitle" and "getproctitle" are exported. The ":all" Exporter tag exports "setproctitle" and "getproctitle". SEE ALSO Apache::ShowStatus AUTHOR Torsten Foertsch, COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright (C) 2004 by Torsten Foertsch This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.