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+#define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 2
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+char *get_program_name(size_t n, char buf[static n])
+{
+ char cmd[_POSIX_ARG_MAX];
+ snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "ps -p %ld -o comm=", (long)getpid());
+
+ FILE *pip = popen(cmd, "r");
+ if (pip == NULL) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (fscanf(pip, "%s", buf) != 1) {
+ pclose(pip);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ pclose(pip);
+ return buf;
+}
+
+char *getprogname(void)
+{
+ static char progname[_POSIX_NAME_MAX];
+ return get_program_name(sizeof(progname), progname);
+}