# session_check_name

- **Language:** C
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/session.c#L234
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-session_check_name/

```c
char * session_check_name(const char *name)
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`const char *`)

## Called by

- [`cmd_new_session_exec`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-cmd-new-session-c-cmd_new_session_exec/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/cmd-new-session.c#L104)
- [`cmd_rename_session_exec`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-cmd-rename-session-c-cmd_rename_session_exec/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/cmd-rename-session.c#L55)

## Calls

- [`utf8_stravis`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-utf8_stravis/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/session.c#L243)
- [`xstrdup`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-xstrdup/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/session.c#L238)

## Referenced by

- [`control_notify_input`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-control_notify_input/) (function)