Re: Changing argv[0] under Linux.

[Philippe Troin]

"Richard B. Johnson" <[e-mail]> writes:

> On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, DervishD wrote:
> 
> >     Hi all :))
> > 
> >     I'm not sure whether this issue belongs to the kernel or to the
> > libc, but I think that is more on the kernel side, that's why I ask
> > here.
> > 
> 
> Last time I checked argv[0] was 512 bytes. Many daemons overwrite
> it with no problem.

Last time must have been in an alternate reality.

You just overwrote all your arguments (argv[0] and others) and part of
the environment.

Try this for a change:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
extern char ** _environ;
int main(int cnt, char *argv[]) {
    char **eptr;
    for ( eptr = _environ; *eptr; ++eptr )
        printf("ENV before: %s\n", *eptr);
    strcpy(argv[0], "How-long-do-you-want-this-string-to-be?--is-this-long-enough?");
    for ( eptr = _environ; *eptr; ++eptr )
        printf("ENV after: %s\n", *eptr);
    pause();
    return 0;
}

Phil.