kea/src/lib/python/isc/util/process.py

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"""
Module to manipulate the python processes.

It contains only function to rename the process, which is currently
wrapper around setproctitle library. Does not fail if the setproctitle
module is missing, but does nothing in that case.
"""
try:
    from setproctitle import setproctitle
except ImportError:
    def setproctitle(_): pass
import sys
import os.path

"""
Rename the current process to given name (so it can be found in ps).
If name is None, use zero'th command line argument.
"""
def rename(name=None):
    if name is None:
        name = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
    setproctitle(name)