Comments on: pgrep or pkill sometimes do not find process http://amazing-development.com/archives/2009/10/15/pgrep-or-pkill-do-not-find-process/ ruby, java and the rest Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Frank Spychalski http://amazing-development.com/archives/2009/10/15/pgrep-or-pkill-do-not-find-process/comment-page-1/#comment-124482 Frank Spychalski Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:52:55 +0000 http://amazing-development.com/?p=415#comment-124482 Yes, it makes sense. But I was confused because I used a script which worked fine for $binary_name but failed when I used it for a binary with the -canary suffix. Yes, it makes sense. But I was confused because I used a script which worked fine for $binary_name but failed when I used it for a binary with the -canary suffix.

]]> By: Mike http://amazing-development.com/archives/2009/10/15/pgrep-or-pkill-do-not-find-process/comment-page-1/#comment-124481 Mike Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:16:32 +0000 http://amazing-development.com/?p=415#comment-124481 I think only the first 15 characters are saved in kernel space as the process name. For longer comparisons the argv needs to be read and that can be swapped out. man pkill: NOTES: The process name used for matching is limited to the 15 characters present in the output of /proc/pid/stat. Use the -f option to match against the complete command line, /proc/pid/cmdline. I think only the first 15 characters are saved in kernel space as the process name. For longer comparisons the argv needs to be read and that can be swapped out.

man pkill:

NOTES: The process name used for matching is limited to the 15 characters present in the output of /proc/pid/stat. Use the -f option to match against the complete command line, /proc/pid/cmdline.

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