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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: absolute path of a process
Date: 9 Jan 2002 15:38:29 -0800
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By author:    Senhua Tao <stao@nbnet.nb.ca>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Hi,
> 
>     I am new to linux kernel. I like to know is there any way to find
> the absolute path of a process.  I mean, how the kernel  knows which
> process is currently running? I tried to follow  the current  variable
> but got lost. Is the inode struct should I look at?
> 

Examine /proc/self/exe.

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