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March 12, 2013 11:24
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Snippet I found online to quickly rename processes for easy tracking in top.
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| def set_proc_name(newname): | |
| from ctypes import cdll, byref, create_string_buffer | |
| libc = cdll.LoadLibrary('libc.so.6') | |
| buff = create_string_buffer(len(newname)+1) | |
| buff.value = newname | |
| libc.prctl(15, byref(buff), 0, 0, 0) |
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