Python as RedHat/SysV service

[Stuart D. Gathman]

I have a system service written in python.  On RedHat systems, this
service is conveniently installed and started by placing a script in
/etc/rc.d/init.d to start,stop,reload, etc the service.  The standard
methods for checking whether a service is running or sending it a signal
rely on the process name: e.g. 'inetd'.  In this case, the process name is
always 'python2'.

Is there a way to change the process name of a running python program?  Or
is it better to craft a new version of 'pidof' that works for python
processes?  Has anyone dealt with this before?



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