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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Change putty title window? Post 302108780 by akbar on Thursday 1st of March 2007 12:56:10 AM
Old 03-01-2007
Change putty title window?

Is it possible to change the putty window title from a Unix command line?
 

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CLI_SET_PROCESS_TITLE(3)						 1						  CLI_SET_PROCESS_TITLE(3)

cli_set_process_title - Sets the process title

SYNOPSIS
bool cli_set_process_title (string $title) DESCRIPTION
Sets the process title visible in tools such as top and ps. This function is available only in CLI mode. PARAMETERS
o $title - The new title. RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. ERRORS
/EXCEPTIONS An E_WARNING will be generated if the operating system is unsupported. EXAMPLES
Example #1 cli_set_process_title(3) example <?php $title = "My Amazing PHP Script"; $pid = getmypid(); // you can use this to see your process title in ps if (!cli_set_process_title($title)) { echo "Unable to set process title for PID $pid... "; exit(1); } else { echo "The process title '$title' for PID $pid has been set for your process! "; sleep(5); } ?> SEE ALSO
cli_get_process_title(3), setproctitle(3). PHP Documentation Group CLI_SET_PROCESS_TITLE(3)
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