.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Alexey Zelkin .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .Dd October 12, 2021 .Dt PTHREAD_SET_NAME_NP 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pthread_get_name_np , .Nm pthread_getname_np , .Nm pthread_set_name_np , .Nm pthread_setname_np .Nd set and retrieve the thread name .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libpthread .Sh SYNOPSIS .In pthread_np.h .Ft void .Fn pthread_get_name_np "pthread_t thread" "char *name" "size_t len" .Ft int .Fn pthread_getname_np "pthread_t thread" "char *name" "size_t len" .Ft void .Fn pthread_set_name_np "pthread_t thread" "const char *name" .Ft int .Fn pthread_setname_np "pthread_t thread" "const char *name" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn pthread_set_name_np and .Fn pthread_setname_np functions apply a copy of the given .Fa name to the given .Fa thread . .Pp The .Fn pthread_get_name_np and .Fn pthread_getname_np functions retrieve the .Fa name associated with .Fa thread . If .Fn pthread_set_name_np was not previously called for .Fa thread , the buffer pointed to by .Fa name will be empty. .Sh ERRORS The .Nm pthread_getname_np and .Nm pthread_setname_np will fail if .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er ESRCH No thread could be found in the current process corresponding to that specified by the given thread ID .Fa thread . .El .Pp Because of the debugging nature of .Nm pthread_get_name_np and .Nm pthread_set_name_np functions, all errors that may appear inside are silently ignored. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr thr_set_name 2 , .Xr pthread_np 3 .Sh STANDARDS .Fn pthread_set_name_np and .Fn pthread_get_name_np are non-standard extensions. .Fn pthread_setname_np and .Fn pthread_getname_np are also non-standard, but are implemented by larger number of operating systems so they are in fact more portable. .Sh AUTHORS This manual page was written by .An Alexey Zelkin Aq Mt phantom@FreeBSD.org and .An Yuri Pankov Aq Mt yuripv@yuripv.net .