_LWP_SETNAME(2) System Calls Manual _LWP_SETNAME(2)

_lwp_setname
set descriptive name of an LWP

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

#include <lwp.h>

int
_lwp_setname(lwpid_t target, const char *name);

_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.

_lwp_setname() returns 0 on success. Otherwise, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ps(1), top(1), _lwp_getname(2), errno(2)
December 15, 2007 NetBSD 9.2