diff --git a/libblkid/setproctitle.c b/libblkid/setproctitle.c
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+++ b/libblkid/setproctitle.c
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+/*
+ *  set process title for ps (from sendmail)
+ *
+ *  Clobbers argv of our main procedure so ps(1) will display the title.
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+#include "setproctitle.h"
+
+#ifndef SPT_BUFSIZE
+# define SPT_BUFSIZE     2048
+#endif
+
+extern char **environ;
+
+static char **argv0;
+static int argv_lth;
+
+void initproctitle (int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	int i;
+	char **envp = environ;
+
+	/*
+	 * Move the environment so we can reuse the memory.
+	 * (Code borrowed from sendmail.)
+	 * WARNING: ugly assumptions on memory layout here;
+	 *          if this ever causes problems, #undef DO_PS_FIDDLING
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; envp[i] != NULL; i++)
+		continue;
+
+	environ = (char **) malloc(sizeof(char *) * (i + 1));
+	if (environ == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 0; envp[i] != NULL; i++)
+		if ((environ[i] = strdup(envp[i])) == NULL)
+			return;
+	environ[i] = NULL;
+
+	argv0 = argv;
+	if (i > 0)
+		argv_lth = envp[i-1] + strlen(envp[i-1]) - argv0[0];
+	else
+		argv_lth = argv0[argc-1] + strlen(argv0[argc-1]) - argv0[0];
+}
+
+void setproctitle (const char *prog, const char *txt)
+{
+        int i;
+        char buf[SPT_BUFSIZE];
+
+        if (!argv0)
+                return;
+
+	if (strlen(prog) + strlen(txt) + 5 > SPT_BUFSIZE)
+		return;
+
+	sprintf(buf, "%s -- %s", prog, txt);
+
+        i = strlen(buf);
+        if (i > argv_lth - 2) {
+                i = argv_lth - 2;
+                buf[i] = '\0';
+        }
+	memset(argv0[0], '\0', argv_lth);       /* clear the memory area */
+        strcpy(argv0[0], buf);
+
+        argv0[1] = NULL;
+}