From 16af85004c84d0d6c626b4f8424ce9647669a0c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: RaNaN Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 18:10:22 +0200 Subject: moved everything from module to pyload --- pyload/lib/rename_process.py | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 pyload/lib/rename_process.py (limited to 'pyload/lib/rename_process.py') diff --git a/pyload/lib/rename_process.py b/pyload/lib/rename_process.py new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2527cef39 --- /dev/null +++ b/pyload/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 -- cgit v1.2.3