How to name a thread in Linux?

Posix Threads?

This evidently won't compile, but it will give you an idea of where to go hunting. I'm not even sure its the right PR_ command, but i think it is. It's been a while...

  #include <sys/prctl.h>
  prctl(PR_SET_NAME,"<null> terminated string",0,0,0)

If you are using a library like ACE the Thread has a way to specify the thread name when creating a new thread.

BSD Unix has also a pthread_set_name_np call.

Otherwise you can use prctl as mentioned by Fusspawn.