def set_process_name(name):
"""
On Linux systems later than 2.6.9, this function sets the process name as it
appears in ps, and so that it can be found with killall.
Note: name will be truncated to the cumulative length of the original
process name and all its arguments; once updated, passed arguments will no
longer be visible.
"""
cmdline = open('/proc/%s/cmdline' % os.getpid()).readline()
_utils.set_process_name(name, len(cmdline))
def set_running(name, modify = True):
"""
Set this program as running with the given name. If modify is True,
the process name is updated as described in set_process_name().
"""
cmdline = open('/proc/%s/cmdline' % os.getpid()).readline()
run = open(tempfile('run/' + name), 'w')
run.write(str(os.getpid()) + '\n')
run.write(cmdline)
run.close()
if modify:
_utils.set_process_name(name, len(cmdline))