Question

Is there a way to change the name of a process running a python script on Linux?

When I do a ps, all I get are “python” process names.

Answer 1

http://code.google.com/p/procname/

Sample usage:

# Lets rename:    
>>> procname.setprocname('My super name')    

# Lets check. Press Ctrl+Z       
user@comp:~/procname$ ps

    PID TTY TIME CMD 

13016 pts/2 00:00:00 bash

13128 pts/2 00:00:00 My super name <-- it's here

It will only work on systems where prctl system call is present and supports PR_SET_NAME command.