>>Getting PID and setting a new name for a process running the Perlscript. > > I don't know of a programmatic way to change the process name in any > language, but I could be forgetting something. I suspect SET PROCESS > whacks the process header directly and there is no API that does this.
The SYS$SETPRN system service changes the process name. I don't know of any perl modules that provide an interface to this, though. >>Run/detached of other programs. > > There is no general interface to SYS$CREPRC from Perl that I'm aware > of. That sounds like a nice candidate for a new extension if there > are any aspiring extension writers out there. I'd write both of these (they'd be quite simple) if not for my employee IP agreement. --- tom_p http://nbpfaus.net/~pfau/
