added an easy identifier to the output manager child process

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ptyim.c b/ptyim.c
index f4e7c17..ab4ebe6 100644
--- a/ptyim.c
+++ b/ptyim.c
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ int main (int argc, char * argv[], char * envp[]) {
 		//process just handles transfering pty output to stdout
 		pid_t om_pid = fork();
 		if (om_pid == 0) {
+			//sets the name for cleaner ps output
+			prctl(PR_SET_NAME, "ptyim om thread");
 			//output manager child process
 			//runs forever until SIGKILL'd
 			while (true) {