.TH sessname 1
.SH NAME
sessname \- provide a more descriptive name for the current pty session
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sessname
[
.I name
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I sessname
adds
.I name
to the information listed by
.I sesslist.
Don't confuse this extra name with
the base name of the session,
which is the last two characters of the
pseudo-terminal filename.
.PP
Without an argument,
.I sessname
prints the name of the current session.
.PP
.I xsessname
is just like
.I sessname
but applies to sessions started
with
.B\-xS.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
.TP
.I cannot find session
.TP
.I you don't own session
The standard input to
.I sessname
is not a session that you own.
.TP
.I not child of session slave
The parent to
.I sessname
is not the head process in the session.
.TP
.I renaming failed
.I sessname
is unable to set the long name of the session.
This shouldn't happen.
.SH RESTRICTIONS
.I name
is limited to 100 characters.
.PP
At the moment,
there's no way to unname a session.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
pty(1),
sess(1),
sesslist(1)