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| author |  Walter Purcaro <vuolter@gmail.com>
| 2014-09-08 00:29:57 +0200 |
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| committer | Walter Purcaro <vuolter@gmail.com>
| 2014-09-14 11:02:23 +0200 |
| commit | 68d662e689cd42687341c550fb6ebb74e6968d21 (patch) | |
| tree | 486cef41bd928b8db704894233b2cef94a6e346f /pyload/lib/rename_process.py | |
| parent | save_join -> safe_join & save_path -> safe_filename (diff) | |
| download | pyload-68d662e689cd42687341c550fb6ebb74e6968d21.tar.xz | |
module -> pyload
Diffstat (limited to 'pyload/lib/rename_process.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | pyload/lib/rename_process.py | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
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 |