Hi,
while trying to change the name of a perl process (see $0), I just stumbled over the following: 
#!/usr/bin/perl
my $myself = 'svenXYtest';
$0 = $myself; # change my name
sleep 60; # to actually have time to look at ps'es output

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While this works fine on Linux (process is renamed to 'svenXYtest'), it does not seem to work on Solaris (process is - here - still named 'perl test.pl'). Is this a known limitation or do I do something wrong here? The docs just state that this works on some, not other OSes.
Thanks in advance,
svenXY

In reply to Renaming $0 - no effect on Solaris? by svenXY

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