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27.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
28.Dd July 9, 2010
29.Dt PTHREAD_GETNAME_NP 3
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm pthread_getname_np ,
33.Nm pthread_setname_np
34.Nd get and set descriptive name of a thread
35.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
36.Sh LIBRARY
37.Lb libpthread
38.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.In pthread.h
41.Ft int
42.Fn pthread_getname_np "pthread_t thread" "char *name" "size_t len"
43.Ft int
44.Fn pthread_setname_np "pthread_t thread" "const char *name" "void *arg"
45.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Fn pthread_getname_np
49function obtains the descriptive name of a thread.
50It takes the following arguments:
51.Bl -tag -width target -offset indent
52.It Fa thread
53The thread whose descriptive name will be obtained.
54.It Fa name
55The buffer to be filled with the descriptive name of the thread.
56.It Fa len
57The size of the buffer
58.Fa name
59in bytes.
60.El
61.Pp
62The
63.Fn pthread_setname_np
64function sets the descriptive name of a thread.
65It takes the following arguments:
66.Bl -tag -width target -offset indent
67.It Fa thread
68The thread whose descriptive name will be set.
69.It Fa name
70The
71.Xr printf 3
72format string to be used to construct the descriptive name of the thread.
73The resulted descriptive name should be shorter than
74.Dv PTHREAD_MAX_NAMELEN_NP .
75.It Fa arg
76The
77.Xr printf 3
78argument used with
79.Fa name .
80.El
81.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
82.Sh RETURN VALUES
83Both functions return 0 on success.
84Otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error.
85.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
86.Sh COMPATIBILITY
87Both functions are non-standard extensions.
88.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
89.Sh ERRORS
90Both functions may fail if:
91.Bl -tag -width Er
92.It Bq Er EINVAL
93Invalid parameter.
94.It Bq Er ESRCH
95Non-existent
96.Fa thread .
97.El
98.Pp
99The
100.Fn pthread_setname_np
101function may also fail if:
102.Bl -tag -width Er
103.It Bq Er ENOMEM
104There was insufficient memory for the operation.
105.El
106.Sh SEE ALSO
107.Xr pthread_attr_get_np 3 ,
108.Xr pthread_attr_getname_np 3
109