How do I change the process name of an Erlang VM?

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It isn't very convenient to have beam listed when I do ps -A...

Somewhat related to: changing the process name of a python script

wouldn't give you "ps -elf" a detailed description of the command? would this help? — Karussell, Feb 17 '10 at 16:48

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 17 '10 at 23:11

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You would have to overwrite the content of argv[0] in C in Linux. Now how to do that from erlang ... Well you might need to start the erlang process from within a C wrapper .. Just my 2 cent

answered Feb 17 '10 at 23:11

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here is more details: http://stupefydeveloper.blogspot.com/2008/10/linux-change-process-name.html – snies Feb 17 '10 at 23:57

How do I change the process name of an Erlang VM?

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