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_LWP_SETNAME(2)               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
     The _lwp_setname() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise
     the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate
     the error.

SEE ALSO
     ps(1), top(1), _lwp_getname(2), errno(2)

NetBSD 10.99                   December 15, 2007                  NetBSD 10.99