# file /proc/*/exe
/proc/1001/exe: symbolic link to /usr/bin/distccd
/proc/1023/exe: symbolic link to /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail
/proc/1043/exe: symbolic link to /usr/sbin/crond
-- assume /app/bin/foo is the actual program
$ mkdir /some/where/else
$ ln /app/bin/foo /some/where/else/foo # create a hard link to foo
$ /some/where/else/foo