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    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "proc_pid_exe",
    "section": "5",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/proc_pid_exe/5/json",
    "generated": "2026-10-09T16:59:54Z",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "/proc/pid/exe - symbolic link to program pathname\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "/proc/pid/exe\nUnder Linux 2.2 and later, this file is a symbolic link containing the actual pathname\nof  the executed command.  This symbolic link can be dereferenced normally; attempting\nto open it will open the executable.  You can even type /proc/pid/exe to  run  another\ncopy  of  the  same  executable that is being run by process pid.  If the pathname has\nbeen unlinked, the symbolic link will contain the string ' (deleted)' appended to  the\noriginal pathname.  In a multithreaded process, the contents of this symbolic link are\nnot  available  if  the  main  thread  has  already  terminated  (typically by calling\npthreadexit(3)).\n\nPermission to dereference or read (readlink(2)) this symbolic link is  governed  by  a\nptrace access mode PTRACEMODEREADFSCREDS check; see ptrace(2).\n\nUnder  Linux  2.0 and earlier, /proc/pid/exe is a pointer to the binary which was exe‐\ncuted, and appears as a symbolic link.  A readlink(2) call on this  file  under  Linux\n2.0 returns a string in the format:\n\n[device]:inode\n\nFor  example,  [0301]:1502 would be inode 1502 on device major 03 (IDE, MFM, etc. dri‐\nves) minor 01 (first partition on the first drive).\n\nfind(1) with the -inum option can be used to locate the file.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "proc(5)\n\nLinux man-pages 6.7                          2023-08-15                              procpidexe(5)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "/proc/pid/exe - symbolic link to program pathname",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "proc",
            "section": "5",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/proc/5/json"
        }
    ]
}