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27.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
28.Dd July 7, 2010
29.Dt PTHREAD_ATTR_GETNAME_NP 3
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm pthread_attr_getname_np ,
33.Nm pthread_attr_setname_np
34.Nd get and set descriptive name of an attribute
35.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
36.Sh LIBRARY
37.Lb libpthread
38.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.In pthread.h
41.Ft int
42.Fn pthread_attr_getname_np \
43"const pthread_attr_t attr" "char *name" "size_t len"
44.Ft int
45.Fn pthread_attr_setname_np \
46"pthread_attr_t attr" "const char *name" "void *arg"
47.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Fn pthread_attr_getname_np
51function gets the descriptive name of a thread attribute.
52It takes the following arguments:
53.Bl -tag -width target -offset indent
54.It Fa attr
55The attribute whose descriptive name will be obtained.
56.It Fa name
57The buffer to be filled with the descriptive name of the attribute.
58.It Fa len
59The size of the buffer
60.Fa name
61in bytes.
62.El
63.Pp
64The
65.Fn pthread_attr_setname_np
66function sets the descriptive name of a thread attribute.
67It takes the following arguments:
68.Bl -tag -width attr -offset indent
69.It Fa attr
70The attribute whose descriptive name will be set.
71.It Fa name
72The
73.Xr printf 3
74format string to be used to construct the descriptive name of the attribute.
75The resulted descriptive name should be shorter than
76.Dv PTHREAD_MAX_NAMELEN_NP .
77.It Fa arg
78The
79.Xr printf 3
80argument used with
81.Fa name .
82.El
83.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
84.Sh RETURN VALUES
85Both functions return 0 on success.
86Otherwise, an error number is returned.
87.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
88.Sh COMPATIBILITY
89Both functions are non-standard extensions.
90.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
91.Sh ERRORS
92No errors are defined for
93.Fn pthread_attr_getname_np .
94.Pp
95The
96.Fn pthread_attr_setname_np
97function may fail if:
98.Bl -tag -width Er
99.It Bq Er EINVAL
100The supplied descriptive
101.Fa name
102was longer than
103.Dv PTHREAD_MAX_NAMELEN_NP .
104.It Bq Er ENOMEM
105There was insufficient memory for the operation.
106.El
107.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
108.Sh SEE ALSO
109.Xr pthread_attr 3 ,
110.Xr pthread_getname_np 3
111