rname — execute a program under a different name

Description

rname is a simple utility that invokes a specified program, passing a different name instead of the name of the program executable. This could be useful in a number of cases — the specific need for rname arose when I was trying to figure out a way to invoke several instances of D. J. Bernstein's tcpserver and, later, be able to control (usu. kill) one or more of them by name. (Yes, I know about supervise, svc, svscan and friends, but, as usual, I tried to reinvent the wheel ;)

Downloading rname

The rname homepage is here. The development is done in a GitLab repository. The current version is rname 1.0.2:

• rname-1.0.2.tar.gz with a PGP signature
• rname-1.0.2.tar.bz2 with a PGP signature
• rname-1.0.2.tar.xz with a PGP signature

Some old versions are also available:

• rname-1.0.1

  • rname-1.0.1.tar.gz with a PGP signature
  • rname-1.0.1.tar.bz2 with a PGP signature
  • rname-1.0.1.tar.xz with a PGP signature

• rname-1.0

  • rname-1.0.tar.gz with a PGP signature

Acknowledgements

Thanks go to (in roughly alphabetical order):

• my boss, cow-orkers and friends for their endless patience in dealing with me even during my worst workaholic attacks, when the last traces of humanity in me just give up and go take a rest (not that one of those has happened lately, but oh well ;)
• Bram Moolenaar and Sven Guckes for Vim (enough said);
• my family, for putting up with me even during… see the one about my boss;
• the FreeBSD Project for providing me with a robust OS to play with stuff on;
• …and everybody else who feel they deserve gratitude (and this probably won't be the first time I've forgotten to express gratitude, either).

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