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.Dd July 7, 2010 .Dt PTHREAD_ATTR_GETNAME_NP 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pthread_attr_getname_np , .Nm pthread_attr_setname_np .Nd get and set descriptive name of an attribute ------------------------------------------------------------
.Sh LIBRARY .Lb libpthread ------------------------------------------------------------
.Sh SYNOPSIS n pthread.h .Ft int .Fn pthread_attr_getname_np \ "const pthread_attr_t attr" "char *name" "size_t len" .Ft int .Fn pthread_attr_setname_np \ "pthread_attr_t attr" "const char *name" "void *arg" ------------------------------------------------------------
.Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn pthread_attr_getname_np function gets the descriptive name of a thread attribute. It takes the following arguments: l -tag -width target -offset indent t Fa attr The attribute whose descriptive name will be obtained. t Fa name The buffer to be filled with the descriptive name of the attribute. t Fa len The size of the buffer .Fa name in bytes. .El
p
The
.Fn pthread_attr_setname_np
function sets the descriptive name of a thread attribute.
It takes the following arguments:
l -tag -width attr -offset indent t Fa attr The attribute whose descriptive name will be set.
t Fa name The
.Xr printf 3
format string to be used to construct the descriptive name of the attribute.
The resulted descriptive name should be shorter than
.Dv PTHREAD_MAX_NAMELEN_NP .
t Fa arg The
.Xr printf 3
argument used with
.Fa name .
.El
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
Both functions return 0 on success.
Otherwise, an error number is returned.
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.Sh COMPATIBILITY
Both functions are non-standard extensions.
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.Sh ERRORS
No errors are defined for
.Fn pthread_attr_getname_np .
p
The
.Fn pthread_attr_setname_np
function may fail if:
l -tag -width Er t Bq Er EINVAL The supplied descriptive
.Fa name
was longer than
.Dv PTHREAD_MAX_NAMELEN_NP .
t Bq Er ENOMEM There was insufficient memory for the operation.
.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pthread_attr 3 ,
.Xr pthread_getname_np 3
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