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