_LWP_SETNAME(2) BSD System Calls Manual _LWP_SETNAME(2)
NAME
_lwp_setname -- set descriptive name of an LWP
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <lwp.h>
int
_lwp_setname(lwpid_t target, const char *name);
DESCRIPTION
_lwp_setname() sets the descriptive name of the LWP. It takes the following arguments.
target The LWP whose descriptive name will be set.
name The string to be used as the descriptive name of the LWP.
The name is used by top(1) when showing LWPs, for example.
RETURN VALUES
_lwp_setname() returns 0 on success. Otherwise, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.
SEE ALSO
ps(1), top(1), _lwp_getname(2), errno(2)
BSD
December 15, 2007 BSD
