pargs(1) - osol9

1pargs(1)                         User Commands                        pargs(1)
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NAME

6       pargs  - print  process  arguments,  environment  variables,  or auxil‐
7       iary vector
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SYNOPSIS

10       pargs [-aceFlx] [pid | core]...
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DESCRIPTION

14       The pargs utility examines a target process or process  core  file  and
15       prints arguments, environment variables and values, or the process aux‐
16       iliary vector.
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19       pargs outputs unprintable characters as escaped  octal  in  the  format
20       \xxx,  unless  the character is  one of the characters specified in the
21       "Escape Sequences" section of formats(5), in which case  the  character
22       is  printed as specified in that section.
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25       pargs  attempts to be sensitive to the locale of the target process. If
26       the target process and the pargs process do not share a common  charac‐
27       ter encoding, pargs attempts to employ the iconv(3C) facility to gener‐
28       ate a printable version of the extracted  strings. In  the  event  that
29       such a conversion is impossible, strings are displayed as 7-bit ASCII.
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OPTIONS

32       The following options are supported:
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34       -a    Prints process arguments as contained in argv[] (default).
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37       -c    Treats  strings   in  the  target  process  as   though they were
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39             The use of iconv(3C) is suppressed.
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42       -e    Prints  process environment variables and values as pointed at by
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46       -F    Force. Grabs the target process even if another process has  con‐
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50       -l    Displays the arguments as a single command line. The command line
51             is printed in a manner suitable for interpretation by /bin/sh. If
52             the  arguments  contain  unprintable characters, or if the target
53             process is in a different locale, a warning message is displayed.
54             The  resulting command line might not be interpreted correctly by
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58       -x    Prints process auxiliary vector.
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OPERANDS

62       The following operands are supported:
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64       pid     Process ID list.
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USAGE

71       Caution should be exercised when using the -F flag. Imposing  two  con‐
72       trolling  processes  on one victim process can lead to chaos. Safety is
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74       has  stopped  the victim process and the primary controlling process is
75       doing nothing at the moment of application of the proc  tool  in  ques‐
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EXIT STATUS

79       The following exit values are returned:
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85                   denied, or invalid option).
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FILES

89       /proc/pid/*    Process information and control files.
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ATTRIBUTES

93       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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98       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
99       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
100       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
101       │Availability                 │SUNWesu                      │
102       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
103       │Interface Stability          │Evolving                     │
104       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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