# tmux.ValidateSessionName

- **Module:** tmux
- **Package:** github.com/libtmux/libtmux-go/tmux
- **Language:** Go
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-go/blob/5f808882015a975a65acc7f9da5b3ff0d5cbdc91/tmux/session_lifecycle.go#L310
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/reference/go/tmux-validatesessionname/

```
tmux.ValidateSessionName(name: string) -> error
```

ValidateSessionName reports whether name can be used as a tmux session name. Empty names, the target delimiters '.' and ':', control characters and invalid UTF-8 are rejected.