PTHREAD_GETNAME_NP(3)

NAME
pthread_getname_np - set descriptive name of a thread

LIBRARY
libc

SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h>
int
pthread_getname_np(pthread_t thread, char *name, size_t len);

DESCRIPTION
pthread_getname_np() gets the descriptive name of the thread. It takes the following arguments.

thread
    The thread whose descriptive name will be obtained.

name
    The buffer to be filled with the descriptive name of the thread.

len The size of the buffer name in bytes.

RETURN VALUES
pthread_getname_np() returns 0 on success. Otherwise, pthread_getname_np() returns an error number described in errno(2).

SEE ALSO
errno(2), pthread_setname_np(3)