How do I rename a process on Linux?

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Published on 2010-05-25T19:28:59Z Indexed on 2010/05/25 19:31 UTC
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I'm using Python, for what it's worth, but will accept answers in any applicable language.

I've tried writing to /proc/$pid/cmdline, but that's a readonly file.

I've tried assigning a new string to sys.argv[0], but that has no perceptible impact.

Are there any other possibilities? My program is executing processes via os.system (equivalent to system(3)) so a general, *NIX-based solution using an additional spawning process would be fine.

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