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_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 fol‐
     lowing 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)

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