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29 .Dt PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP 3
32 .Nm pthread_setname_np
33 .Nd set descriptive name of a thread
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41 .Fn pthread_setname_np "pthread_t thread" "const char *name" "void *arg"
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44 .Fn pthread_setname_np
45 sets the descriptive name of the thread.
46 It takes the following arguments.
47 .Bl -tag -width target
49 The thread whose descriptive name will be set.
53 format string to be used to construct the descriptive name of the thread.
54 The resulted descriptive name should be shorter than
55 .Dv PTHREAD_MAX_NAMELEN_NP .
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64 .Fn pthread_setname_np
67 .Fn pthread_setname_np
68 returns an error number described in
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75 .Xr pthread_getname_np 3