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| author |  Walter Purcaro <vuolter@users.noreply.github.com>
| 2015-04-13 16:05:04 +0200 |
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| committer | Walter Purcaro <vuolter@users.noreply.github.com>
| 2015-04-13 16:05:04 +0200 |
| commit | 99ec1c400d79ecc41ae1745e794e21e2e79d2add (patch) | |
| tree | a20349bc3e5a1b20e0c8184f5aeb2f7c43a43194 /lib/Python/Lib/rename_process.py | |
| parent | Merge branch 'stable' into 0.4.10 (diff) | |
| download | pyload-99ec1c400d79ecc41ae1745e794e21e2e79d2add.tar.xz | |
Move lib to lib/Python/Lib
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/Python/Lib/rename_process.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Python/Lib/rename_process.py | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Python/Lib/rename_process.py b/lib/Python/Lib/rename_process.py new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2527cef39 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/Python/Lib/rename_process.py @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +import sys + +def renameProcess(new_name): + """ Renames the process calling the function to the given name. """ + if sys.platform != 'linux2': + return False + try: + from ctypes import CDLL + libc = CDLL('libc.so.6') + libc.prctl(15, new_name, 0, 0, 0) + return True + except Exception, e: + #print "Rename process failed", e + return False |