setting program name, like $0= in perl?

[mh]

I'm sure this is a FAQ, but I certainly haven't been able
to find an answer.

Is it possible to set the program name as seen by the
operating system or lower-level libraries?

I'm connecting to a database, and the runtime helpfully
sends some information to the server, such as username,
pid, and program name.

Unfortunately, all my python programs get the name
'/usr/bin/python', and I would like to force that to
be the names of the individual scripts.

Many TIA!
Mark

 

[Daniel Fetchinson]

I'm sure this is a FAQ, but I certainly haven't been able

to find an answer.

Is it possible to set the program name as seen by the
operating system or lower-level libraries?

I'm connecting to a database, and the runtime helpfully
sends some information to the server, such as username,
pid, and program name.

Unfortunately, all my python programs get the name
'/usr/bin/python', and I would like to force that to
be the names of the individual scripts.

I don't know the answer to your question but I would start by trying
to figure out what information is really sent to the db. I mean it is
probably an environment variable or something like that, and once you
figure out exactly what it is, you will know what variable to set.

Cheers,
Daniel

 

[Emile van Sebille]

On 6/9/2009 1:06 PM (e-mail address removed) said...

I'm sure this is a FAQ, but I certainly haven't been able
to find an answer.

Is it possible to set the program name as seen by the
operating system or lower-level libraries?

I'm connecting to a database, and the runtime helpfully
sends some information to the server, such as username,
pid, and program name.

Unfortunately, all my python programs get the name
'/usr/bin/python', and I would like to force that to
be the names of the individual scripts.

If you include the shebang as first line and execute the script directly
I think it'll work.

---- test.py----
#!/usr/bin/python

import sys
print sys.argv[0]