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27.Dd February 13, 2003
28.Dt PTHREAD_SET_NAME_NP 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm pthread_set_name_np
32.Nd set the thread name
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libpthread
35.Lb libthr
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In pthread_np.h
38.Ft void
39.Fn pthread_set_name_np "pthread_t tid" "const char *name"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Fn pthread_set_name_np
43function sets internal name for thread specified by
44.Fa tid
45argument to string value specified by
46.Fa name
47argument.
48.Pp
49This is a debugging interface and using it on a day-by-day basis makes
50no sense.
51.Sh ERRORS
52Because of the debugging nature of this function, all errors that may
53appear inside are silently ignored.
54.Sh AUTHORS
55This manual page was written by
56.An Alexey Zelkin Aq phantom@FreeBSD.org .
57