3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

A .gitignore
A getprogname.c
A getprogname.h

@@ 0,0 1,3 @@
+*.o
+*.so
+*.a

@@ 0,0 1,29 @@
+#define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 2
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+char *get_program_name(size_t n, char buf[static n])
+{
+	char cmd[_POSIX_ARG_MAX];
+	snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "ps -p %ld -o comm=", (long)getpid());
+
+	FILE *pip = popen(cmd, "r");
+	if (pip == NULL) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (fscanf(pip, "%s", buf) != 1) {
+		pclose(pip);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	pclose(pip);
+	return buf;
+}
+
+char *getprogname(void)
+{
+	static char progname[_POSIX_NAME_MAX];
+	return get_program_name(sizeof(progname), progname);
+}

@@ 0,0 1,9 @@
+#ifndef GETPROGNAME_H
+#define GETPROGNAME_H
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+char *get_program_name(size_t n, char buf[static n]);
+char *getprogname(void);
+
+#endif