c - How to get current process name in linux?

Question

How can I get the process name in C? The same name, which is in /proc/$pid/status. I do not want to parse that file. Is there any programmatic way of doing this?

Answer 1

If you're on using a glibc, then:

#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <errno.h>

extern char *program_invocation_name;
extern char *program_invocation_short_name;

See program_invocation_name(3)

Under most Unices, __progname is also defined by the libc. The sole portable way is to use argv[0]