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Old 06-05-2014
Hiding commnd line arguments in ps command on Linux

Hi Unix lovers,

I am trying to seek an explanation for a simple looking code - why it works?

I found below program which hide command line argument in ps command.

Code:
#include <string.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    // process command line arguments....

    // hide command line arguments
    if (argc > 1) {
        char *arg_end;    
        arg_end = argv[argc-1] + strlen (argv[argc-1]);
        *arg_end = ' ';
    }

    // ...
}

The program can be found at
security - How does ps know to hide passwords? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange

Can anyone explain why and how this code works? I am finding it hard to understand Smilie.

I ran this program on linux. Not sure if it works on solaris,hp etc..

Thanks in advance,

-Ashish
 

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PGACreate(8)							      PGAPack							      PGACreate(8)

NAME
PGACreate - creates an uninitialized context variable. The Fortran version of this function call contains only the last three arguments INPUT PARAMETERS
argc - address of the count of the number of command line arguments. argv - array of command line arguments. datatype - the data type used for the strings. Must be one of PGA_DATATYPE_BINARY, PGA_DATATYPE_CHARACTER, PGA_DATATYPE_INTEGER, PGA_DATATYPE_REAL, or PGA_DATATYPE_USER binary -valued, character-valued, integer-valued, real -valued, or a user-defined datatype, respectively. len - the string length (number of genes). maxormin - the direction of optimization. Must be one of PGA_MAXIMIZE or PGA_MINIMIZE for maximization or minimization, respectively. OUTPUT PARAMETERS
none SYNOPSIS
#include "pgapack.h" PGAContext * PGACreate(argc, argv, datatype, len, maxormin) int *argc char **argv int datatype int len int maxormin LOCATION
create.c EXAMPLE
Example: In C: void main(int argc, char **argv) { PGAContext *ctx; : ctx = PGACreate(&argc, argv, PGA_DATATYPE_BINARY, 100, PGA_MAXIMIZE); : // Set options here : PGASetUp(ctx); : // Run the GA here : PGADestroy(ctx); } In FORTRAN: integer ctx : ctx = PGACreate(PGA_DATATYPE_BINARY, 100, PGA_MAXIMIZE) : c Set options here : call PGASetUp(ctx) : c Run the GA here : call PGADestroy(ctx) stop end 05/01/95 PGACreate(8)
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