From: Gennady <gfb@...>
Date: 2003-12-19T00:47:56+09:00
Subject: Re: setting $0

I experienced the same problem just 2 weeks ago. It happens on Solaris 
as well as on Linux. I was about to post it here, when I found a work 
around: you can use $0.replace instead of $0=

Gennady.

Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In message "setting $0"
>     on 03/12/18, Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@PATH.Berkeley.EDU> writes:
> 
> |With the following file, t.rb,
> |
> |----
> |#!/usr/bin/env ruby
> |
> |$0 = 'My Application'
> |puts $0
> |----
> |
> |the output is:
> |
> |$ ruby -v t.rb
> |ruby 1.8.1 (2003-12-05) [i686-linux]
> |My Applicati
> |
> |Why does it get truncated?
> 
> It's a Linux restriction.  Wishing if linux has setproctitle(3).
> Interestingly, my linux box has a setproctitle man page.
> 
> 							matz.
>