How to get your process name in qt?

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How to get your (this, this application currently running) process name in qt?

Define "process name". Do you mean the file name of the executable? — Frank Osterfeld, May 09 '12 at 15:55

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered May 09 '12 at 14:41

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I think you're looking for QCoreApplication::applicationPid().

answered May 09 '12 at 14:41

suszterpatt

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PID is not the name. Process ID and Process Name are different attributes. – karlphillip May 09 '12 at 14:47

mtvec · Answer 2 · 2012-05-09T15:58:54.217

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If you want to get the name of the executable (that is, the string normally kept in argv[0]), you might get that by reading the first element of QCoreApplication::arguments().

On Unix, this only works if you initialized your Q(Core)Application correctly:

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    QApplication app(argc, argv);
    //...
    return app.exec();
}

Edit: Actually, it might be better to call QCoreApplication::applicationFilePath() to get the full path of the executable. Given its full path, you can easily get the name of the executable using QFileInfo::fileName().

edited May 09 '12 at 15:58

answered May 09 '12 at 15:12

mtvec

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Or QFileInfo( QCoreApplication::applicationFilePath() ).fileName() for the filename of the executable. – Frank Osterfeld May 09 '12 at 15:54
@Frank: Thanks, I added that to my answer. – mtvec May 09 '12 at 15:59
This approach might work for applications that you wrote. But keep in mind that [a process can change it's name during runtime](https://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=66443&lngWId=1), even though it is not recommended. So relying on the executable name might not be the best idea. It's best to trust the native API for the job. – karlphillip May 09 '12 at 16:40

score 3 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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Unfortunately there's no such thing in Qt.

You'll have to use the native API of the platform you are working with to retrieve this information.

Windows: Check GetCurrentProcessId() and How to get Process Name in C++

Linux: How to get current process name in linux?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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answered May 09 '12 at 14:50

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 12 '19 at 21:52

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Use the arg first part

   QStringList args = QCoreApplication::instance()->arguments();
    args.takeFirst();

answered Jun 12 '19 at 21:52

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How to get your process name in qt?

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