assign a name to a process

[planetsaro]

I have a script that invokes a java application. when i issue a "ps", i see the command name to be "java" for the process i started.
How do i assign a user defined process name?

[mitchpotter]

What kind of script is it and could you post the line where you start the process?

[Cabhan]

This is correct. The reason for this is that Java executables are not fully compiled: when you execute a Java application, you are actually executing the Java JIT compiler, which compiles the executable and runs it.

However, if you run a command like "java SomeProgram", the ps output should be "java SomeProgram". Therefore, you can use something like "pgrep -f SomeProgram" to determine the PID, and kill it that way.

Does that help?

[planetsaro]

It is a simple java program that is invoked by the shell script. i would like to know if i can assign a process name to the script that i invoke.

[planetsaro]

Thank you. Yes, i know that we can use the pgrep. but, i would like to know if i can assign a user defined process name to the script that i invoke.