On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 6:58 PM Trig <edb1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm attempting to read memory from another process. I've installed 'Cheat > Engine' to do this, to make sure I'm pulling the correct value from the > address I'm attempting to; however, nothing I found works I did find this > article: > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37358478/read-random-memory-locations-with-golang > > I don't believe that is correct though, as using the address of the location > I'm attempting to read doesn't result in a value anywhere near what 'Cheat > Engine' is reporting. I've looked at the 'unsafe' and 'syscall' packages; > however, there's very little information on them. Also, searched many ways > trying to find examples on how to do this. I'm on a Mac (and use Linux). On > Windows, I can do this fairly easy. I can't seem to find anything that works > (not experienced at all in syscalls) for linux or darwin platforms. Any help > appreciated.
In general Unix systems do not permit reading memory from other processes. If you can figure out how to do it in a C program, perhaps using ptrace, then it should be possible to figure out how to do in a Go program. Ian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAOyqgcWr6B%2BbuduY6tyJ4bt9D9VtoE%2BkQWgcoxJwUXivp2qUkA%40mail.gmail.com.
