PR/2386 [2/2]: MinGW attach to process without an exec file
Pedro Alves
pedro_alves@portugalmail.pt
Sat Dec 29 14:33:00 GMT 2007
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> Sorry, I don't understand: NT functionality is not relevant to Windows
> 9x, is it? So could you please say in more detail what undocumented
> APIs you had in mind, and why are they necessary on modern Windows
> systems?
>
>> I'd be very happy if someone could
>> point me at better ways to get at executable from a PID on
>> Windows, or at a filename from a file handle.
>
> Better ways than what? Perhaps I misunderstood the patch, but it
> looks like you are using Process32First on Windows 9x, which is a
> perfectly good way. What am I missing?
>
I wasn't talking about 9x, there we always have ToolHelp32 available.
I meant better ways to get at the full path to the image from a
pid *on NT* without using NtQueryObject (ObjectNameInfo), which I
don't think we can rely on to always work, or relying on
having psapi.dll available.
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Pedro Alves
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