NAME
pthread_get_name_np,
pthread_set_name_np —
set and retrieve the thread
name
LIBRARY
library “libpthread”
SYNOPSIS
#include
<pthread_np.h>
void
pthread_get_name_np(pthread_t
thread, char *name,
size_t len);
void
pthread_set_name_np(pthread_t
thread, const char
*name);
DESCRIPTION
Thepthread_set_name_np()
function applies a copy of the given name to the given
thread.
The
pthread_get_name_np()
function retrieves the name associated with
thread. If
pthread_set_name_np() was not previously called for
thread, the buffer pointed to by
name will be empty.
ERRORS
Because of the debugging nature of these functions, all errors that may appear inside are silently ignored.
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
pthread_set_name_np() and
pthread_get_name_np() are non-standard
extensions.
AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Alexey
Zelkin
<phantom@FreeBSD.org>
and
Yuri Pankov
<yuripv@yuripv.net>.