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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2005
Michael P. Spertus, Chicago, IL (US);
Christopher D. Metcalf, Wellesley, MA (US);
Gadi Wolfman, Herzliya, IL;
Michael P. Spertus, Chicago, IL (US);
Christopher D. Metcalf, Wellesley, MA (US);
Gadi Wolfman, Herzliya, IL;
Symantec Operating Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for managing the environment of software processes in a computer system. A computer system comprises a processor and at least one process environment comprising one or more environment variables. The processor executes one or more processes, intercepts the launch of a process, sets at least one environment variable to a first value, and continues the launch of the process. Setting the environment variable may enable a profiler process. The processor may set at least one environment variable for the process to a value which is chosen irrespective of a value of the environment variable of a parent process of the process. Further, the processor may set at least one environment variable for the process to a default value if a data repository does not contain an entry that has an identification which corresponds to the process.