On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 08:06:27 +0100, "Fredrik Lundh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Steve Holden wrote: > >> > Is there a way to set the program name in Python, similar to $0 in >> > Perl? >> > >> >>From `man perlvar`: >> > >> > $0 Contains the name of the program being executed. On some oper- >> > ating systems assigning to "$0" modifies the argument >> > area that >> > the ps program sees. This is more useful as a way of >> > indicat- >> > ing the current program state than it is for hiding the >> > program >> > you're running. (Mnemonic: same as sh and ksh.) > >> import sys >> print sys.argv[0] > >that *gets* the name, but assigning to sys.argv[0] doesn't *set* it (afaik). > >setting the name involves overwriting the C level argv array, several large >buckets of worms, and huge portability issues, and is thus better left to non- >standard extensions. > OTOH, if the intent is just to set a value for subsequent getting by way of sys.argv[0], isn't sys.argv an ordinary list? >>> import sys >>> sys.argv[0] '' >>> sys.argv[0] = '<interactive>' >>> sys.argv[0] '<interactive>' >>> type(sys.argv) <type 'list'> Regards, Bengt Richter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
