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14.Dd May 11, 2016
15.Dt PEXECNAME 3PROC
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm Pexecname
19.Nd obtain full path to process executable
20.Sh SYNOPSIS
21.Lb libproc
22.In libproc.h
23.Ft "char *"
24.Fo Pexecname
25.Fa "struct ps_prochandle *P"
26.Fa "char *buf"
27.Fa "size_t buflen"
28.Fc
29.Sh DESCRIPTION
30The
31.Fn Pexecname
32function attempts to determine the full path to the process executable
33referred to by the handle
34.Fa P .
35.Pp
36If found,
37.Fa buf
38will be filled in with the full path for up to
39.Fa buflen
40bytes, including the null terminator.
41.Pp
42For a handle grabbed with
43.Xr Pgrab_file 3PROC ,
44the executable refers to the path of the file itself. For a core file,
45the system attempts to determine the original path of the executable
46and return that.
47.Sh RETURN VALUES
48Upon successful completion, the
49.Fn Pexecname
50function returns the value of
51.Fa buf ,
52and up to
53.Fa buflen
54bytes of
55.Fa buf
56are filled in with a null-terminated path.
57Otherwise,
58.Dv NULL
59is returned.
60.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
61.Sy Uncommitted
62.Sh MT-LEVEL
63See
64.Sy LOCKING
65in
66.Xr libproc 3LIB .
67.Sh SEE ALSO
68.Xr libproc 3LIB
69