test multiprocessing env var

libA.py

from random import randint
from time import sleep
import os

def slow_func( ):
	
	print 'in slow_func, start processing: %s' % os.environ['SHOT']
	sleep(randint(2,7))
	print 'in slow_func, done processing: %s' % os.environ['SHOT']

test_multi_env.py

import multiprocessing
import os

from libA import slow_func

def worker(*args):
    """thread worker function"""
    name = multiprocessing.current_process().name
    print 'Worker:', name

    os.environ['SHOT']=name
    slow_func()
    return

if __name__ == '__main__':
    jobs = []
    os.environ['SHOT'] = 'set_in_main'
    for shot in ['abc010','abc020','abc030','abc040','abc050']:

        p = multiprocessing.Process(name=shot,target=worker, args=(shot,))
        jobs.append(p)
        p.start()