Get process executed by MONO on GNU/Linux - linux

Question

I am using MONO to execute an application. Using ps command shows eihter processname MONO or CLI.
How can I get the name of the application executed by MONO ?
Example : mono myApp.exe
I want to know, if myApp.exe is currently excecuted. Finally I want to do this check programmatically.
Cheers.

Answer 1

You usually will run your program from a shell script and there you can use the -a flag to exec:
#!/bin/bash
exec -a VisibleName mono program.exe

Answer 2

Here is a solution that uses .NET/MONO functions (no need to invoke native DLLs nor piping Shell Output):
List all processes.
If a process Name contains MONO or CLI then read
the commandline of that process
The commandline shall contain all
needed Information to identify your application
public static int process_count(string application_name)
{
int rc = 0;
string cmdline = "";
Process[] processlist = Process.GetProcesses();
foreach (Process p in processlist)
{
cmdline = "";
//Console.WriteLine("PID : " + theprocess.Id + " " + theprocess.ProcessName);
if (p.ProcessName.Contains("mono"))
{
Console.WriteLine("PID : " + p.Id + " " + p.ProcessName + " " + p.MainModule.FileName);
cmdline = File.ReadAllText("/proc/" + p.Id.ToString() + "/cmdline");
Console.WriteLine("CMDLINE : "+cmdline);
}
if (p.ProcessName.Contains("cli"))
{
Console.WriteLine("PID : " + p.Id + " " + p.ProcessName + " " + p.MainModule.FileName);
cmdline = File.ReadAllText("/proc/" + p.Id.ToString() + "/cmdline");
Console.WriteLine("CMDLINE : " + cmdline);
}
if (cmdline.Contains(application_name))
{
Console.WriteLine("Found existing process: {0} ID: {1}", p.ProcessName, p.Id);
rc++;
}
}
return (rc);
}
How to do it manually:
invoke ps -e to get all processes of MONO or CLI
Look up the PID e.g. 2845
Display command line : cat /proc/2845/cmdline
Note for newbies: this Approach is not dedicated to Windows OS as it does not Support the concept of /proc filesystem.
Cheers

Answer 3

Have a look at
getting-mono-process-info
The solution uses the same approach of reading /proc but has more options.
Cheers