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27.Dd August 12, 2018
28.Dt PTHREAD_SET_NAME_NP 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm pthread_get_name_np ,
32.Nm pthread_set_name_np
33.Nd set and retrieve the thread name
34.Sh LIBRARY
35.Lb libpthread
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In pthread_np.h
38.Ft void
39.Fn pthread_get_name_np "pthread_t thread" "char *name" "size_t len"
40.Ft void
41.Fn pthread_set_name_np "pthread_t thread" "const char *name"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Fn pthread_set_name_np
45function applies a copy of the given
46.Fa name
47to the given
48.Fa thread .
49.Pp
50The
51.Fn pthread_get_name_np
52function retrieves the
53.Fa name
54associated with
55.Fa thread .
56If
57.Fn pthread_set_name_np
58was not previously called for
59.Fa thread ,
60the buffer pointed to by
61.Fa name
62will be empty.
63.Sh ERRORS
64Because of the debugging nature of these functions, all errors that may
65appear inside are silently ignored.
66.Sh SEE ALSO
67.Xr thr_set_name 2
68.Sh STANDARDS
69.Fn pthread_set_name_np
70and
71.Fn pthread_get_name_np
72are non-standard extensions.
73.Sh AUTHORS
74This manual page was written by
75.An Alexey Zelkin Aq Mt phantom@FreeBSD.org
76and
77.An Yuri Pankov Aq Mt yuripv@yuripv.net .
78