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NNAAMMEE
       A setproctitle implementation for Python -

       The  library allows a process to change its title (as displayed by sys-
       tem tools such as ppss and ttoopp).

       Changing the title is mostly useful in multi-process systems, for exam-
       ple  when  a  master  process  is forked: changing the children's title
       allows to identify the task each process is busy with.   The  technique
       is used by _P_o_s_t_g_r_e_S_Q_L and the _O_p_e_n_S_S_H _S_e_r_v_e_r for example.

       The  procedure is hardly portable across different systems.  PostgreSQL
       provides a good _m_u_l_t_i_-_p_l_a_t_f_o_r_m _i_m_p_l_e_m_e_n_t_a_t_i_o_n:  this module is a Python
       wrapper around PostgreSQL code.

       +o _H_o_m_e_p_a_g_e

       +o _D_o_w_n_l_o_a_d

       +o _S_o_u_r_c_e _r_e_p_o_s_i_t_o_r_y

       +o _B_u_g _t_r_a_c_k_e_r

IINNSSTTAALLLLAATTIIOONN
       You  can  use  eeaassyy__iinnssttaallll  to  install  the module: to perform a sys-
       tem-wide installation use:

          sudo easy_install setproctitle

       If you are an unprivileged user or you want to limit installation to  a
       local environment, you can use the command:

          easy_install -d /target/path setproctitle

       Note that eeaassyy__iinnssttaallll requires //ttaarrggeett//ppaatthh to be in your PPYYTTHHOONNPPAATTHH.

   PPyytthhoonn 33 ssuuppppoorrtt
       As  of version 1.1 the module works with Python 3.  In order to install
       the module, you can use the _d_i_s_t_r_i_b_u_t_e replacemente for eeaassyy__iinnssttaallll.

       In order to build and test the module under Python 3, the MMaakkeeffiillee con-
       tains some helper targets.

UUSSAAGGEE
       The sseettpprrooccttiittllee module exports the following functions:

       sseettpprrooccttiittllee((ttiittllee))
              Set _t_i_t_l_e as the title for the current process.

       ggeettpprrooccttiittllee(())
              Return the current process title.

   EEnnvviirroonnmmeenntt vvaarriiaabblleess
       A  few environment variables can be used to customize the module behav-
       ior:

       SSPPTT__NNOOEENNVV
              Avoid clobbering //pprroocc//PPIIDD//eennvviirroonn.

              On many platforms, setting the process title  will  clobber  the
              eennvviirroonn  memory  area.  ooss..eennvviirroonn  will  work  as expected from
              within  the  Python  process,  but  the  content  of  the   file
              //pprroocc//PPIIDD//eennvviirroonn will be overwritten.  If you require this file
              not to be broken you can set the SSPPTT__NNOOEENNVV environment  variable
              to  any non-empty value: in this case the maximum length for the
              title will be limited to the length of the command line.

       SSPPTT__DDEEBBUUGG
              Print debug information on ssttddeerrrr.

              If the module doesn't work as expected you can set this variable
              to  a  non-empty value to generate information useful for debug-
              ging.  Note that the most useful information is printed when the
              module is imported, not when the functions are called.

MMOODDUULLEE SSTTAATTUUSS
       The  module  can be currently compiled and effectively used on the fol-
       lowing platforms:

       +o GNU/Linux

       +o BSD

       +o MacOS X

       +o Windows

       Note that on Windows there is no way to change the process string: what
       the  module  does  is  to create a _N_a_m_e_d _O_b_j_e_c_t whose value can be read
       using a tool such as _P_r_o_c_e_s_s _E_x_p_l_o_r_e_r (contribution of  a  more  useful
       tool to be used together with sseettpprrooccttiittllee would be well accepted).

       The  module can probably work on HP-UX, but I haven't found any to test
       with.  It is unlikely that it can work on Solaris instead.

OOTTHHEERR KKNNOOWWNN IIMMPPLLEEMMEENNTTAATTIIOONNSS AANNDD DDIISSCCUUSSSSIIOONNSS
       +o _p_r_o_c_n_a_m_e: a module exposing the same functionality, but less portable
         and not well packaged.

       +o _I_s_s_u_e  _5_6_7_2:  where  the  introduction of such functionality into the
         stdlib is being discussed.

AAUUTTHHOORR
       Daniele Varrazzo



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