Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: setproctitle
Version: 1.1
Summary: Allow customization of the process title.
Home-page: http://code.google.com/p/py-setproctitle/
Author: Daniele Varrazzo
Author-email: daniele.varrazzo@gmail.com
License: BSD
Download-URL: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setproctitle/
Description: A ``setproctitle`` implementation for Python
        ============================================
        
        :author: Daniele Varrazzo
        
        The library allows a process to change its title (as displayed by system tools
        such as ``ps`` and ``top``).
        
        Changing the title is mostly useful in multi-process systems, for example
        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
        PostgreSQL_ and the `OpenSSH Server`_ for example.
        
        The procedure is hardly portable across different systems.  PostgreSQL provides
        a good `multi-platform implementation`__:  this module is a Python wrapper
        around PostgreSQL code.
        
        .. _PostgreSQL: http://www.postgresql.org
        .. _OpenSSH Server: http://www.openssh.com/
        .. __: http://doxygen.postgresql.org/ps__status_8c-source.html
        
        
        Installation
        ------------
        
        You can use ``easy_install`` to install the module: to perform a system-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
        
        Notice that ``easy_install`` requires ``/target/path`` to be in your 
        ``PYTHONPATH``.
        
        
        Module content
        --------------
        
        The module exports the following functions:
        
        ``setproctitle(title)``
            Set *title* as the title for the current process.
        
        
        ``getproctitle()``
            Return the current process title.
        
        
        Module status
        -------------
        
        The module can be currently compiled and effectively used on the following
        platforms:
        
        - GNU/Linux
        - BSD
        - MacOS X
        - Windows
        
        Notice that on Windows there is no way to change the process string:
        what the module does is to create a *Named Object* whose value can be read
        using a tool such as `Process Explorer`_ (contribution of a more useful tool
        to be used together with ``setproctitle`` 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.
        
        .. _Process Explorer: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
        
        
        Python 3 support
        ----------------
        
        As of version 1.1 the module works with Python 3.  In order to install the
        module, you can use the `distribute`_ replacemente for ``easy_install``.
        
        In order to build and test the module under Python 3, the ``Makefile``
        contains some helper targets.
        
        .. _distribute: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/distribute
        
        
        Other known implementations and discussions
        -------------------------------------------
        
        - `procname`_: a module exposing the same functionality, but less portable 
          and not well packaged.
        - `Issue 5672`_: where the introduction of such functionality into the stdlib
          is being discussed.
        
        .. _procname: http://code.google.com/p/procname/
        .. _Issue 5672: http://bugs.python.org/issue5672
        
        
        ..
            vim: set filetype=rst:
        
        
        Releases history
        ----------------
        
        Version 1.1
        ~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        - The module works correctly with Python 3.
        
        
        Version 1.0.1
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        - ``setproctitle()`` works even when Python messes up with argv, e.g. when run
          with the -m option.
        
        
        Version 1.0
        ~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        No major change since the previous version.  The module has been heavily used
        in production environment without any problem reported, so it's time to declare
        it stable.
        
        
        Version 0.4
        ~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        - Module works on BSD (tested on FreeBSD 7.2).
        
        - Module works on Windows. Many thanks to `Develer`_ for providing a neat `GCC
          package for Windows with Python integration`__ that made the Windows porting
          painless.
        
          .. _Develer: http://www.develer.com/
          .. __: http://www.develer.com/oss/GccWinBinaries
        
        
        Version 0.3
        ~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        - Module works on Mac OS X 10.2. Reported working on OS X 10.6 too.
        
        
        Version 0.2
        ~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        - Added ``prctl()`` call on Linux >= 2.6.9 to update ``/proc/self/status``.
        
        
        Version 0.1
        ~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        - Initial public release.
        
Platform: GNU/Linux
Platform: BSD
Platform: MacOS X
Platform: Windows
Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
Classifier: Programming Language :: C
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX :: BSD
Classifier: Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X
Classifier: Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development