/***********************************************************************
* Code listing from "Advanced Linux Programming," by CodeSourcery LLC  *
* Copyright (C) 2001 by New Riders Publishing                          *
* See COPYRIGHT for license information.                               *
***********************************************************************/

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/* Prints the argument list, one argument to a line, of the process
   given by PID.  */

void print_process_arg_list (pid_t pid)
{
  int fd;
  char filename[24];
  char arg_list[1024];
  size_t length;
  char* next_arg;

  /* Generate the name of the cmdline file for the process. */
  snprintf (filename, sizeof (filename), "/proc/%d/cmdline", (int) pid);
  /* Read the contents of the file. */
  fd = open (filename, O_RDONLY);
  length = read (fd, arg_list, sizeof (arg_list));
  close (fd);
  /* read does not NUL-terminate the buffer, so do it here. */
  arg_list[length] = '\0';

  /* Loop over arguments.  Arguments are separated by NULs. */
  next_arg = arg_list;
  while (next_arg < arg_list + length) {
    /* Print the argument.  Each is NUL-terminated, so just treat it
       like an ordinary string.  */
    printf ("%s\n", next_arg);
    /* Advance to the next argument.  Since each argument is
       NUL-terminated, strlen counts the length of the next argument,
       not the entire argument list.  */
    next_arg += strlen (next_arg) + 1;
  }
}

int main (int argc, char* argv[])
{
  pid_t pid = (pid_t) atoi (argv[1]);
  print_process_arg_list (pid);
  return 0;
}