This gem allows you to query the arguments of other processes on macOS.

Installation

Install the gem and add to the application's Gemfile by executing:

$ bundle add getargv

If bundler is not being used to manage dependencies, install the gem by executing:

$ gem install getargv

Usage

Getargv.get_argv_of_pid_as_string(some_process_id) #=> "arg0\x00arg1"
Getargv.get_argv_of_pid_as_array(some_process_id) #=> ["arg0","arg1"]

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

Ruby code goes in the dir lib/getargv_ruby, C code goes in the dir ext/getargv_ruby. To experiment with that code, run bin/console for an interactive prompt.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release[origin], which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/getargv/getargv.rb.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the BSD 3-clause License.