December 15, 2007 PTHREAD_ATTR_GETNAME_NP 3

### NAME

pthread_attr_getname_np - set descriptive name of an attribute

### LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

### SYNOPSIS

```int` pthread_attr_getname_np(```const pthread_attr_t attr``, char *name``, size_t len`)

### DESCRIPTION

pthread_attr_getname_np(``) gets the descriptive name of the attribute. It takes the following arguments.

```attr`
  The attribute whose descriptive name will be obtained.

```name`
  The buffer to be filled with the descriptive name of the attribute.

```len`
  The size of the buffer ```name` in bytes.

### RETURN VALUES

pthread_attr_getname_np(``) returns 0 on success. Otherwise, pthread_attr_getname_np(``) returns an error number described in errno(2).

### SEE ALSO

errno(2), pthread_attr_setname_np(3)