Shebang and process name

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In a regular distro, I have a script script with a shebang line #!/usr/bin/python. Then, when I start it, it starts in a process called script. It can handle interrupts, so I can then run pkill -USR1 script to activate a function in the script.

In NixOS, a shebang line of #!\usr\bin\env python breaks this workflow, as it then names the process python, so sending these interrupts becomes more complicated.

I can’t manually find the pid to send the signal to every time, so how can the script work?

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you can write or wrap your script in a Nix derivation, then you can set an absolute path to the python binary in the nix store in the shebang using string interpolation: ''#!{pkgs.python3}/bin/python''

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using pgrep -f python you can match full command line, including full path if you want, and even use regex, and send a signal. It’s the proper way to handle your case.

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