# paste_get_top

- **Language:** C
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/paste.c#L109
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-paste_get_top/

```c
struct paste_buffer * paste_get_top(char **name)
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`char **`)

## Called by

- [`cmd_paste_buffer_exec`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-paste-buffer-c-cmd_paste_buffer_exec/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-paste-buffer.c#L78)
- [`cmd_set_buffer_exec`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-set-buffer-c-cmd_set_buffer_exec/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-set-buffer.c#L76)
- [`format_defaults`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-format_defaults/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/format.c#L5940)
- [`popup_menu_done`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-popup-c-popup_menu_done/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/popup.c#L472)
- [`window_copy_append_selection`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-window-copy-c-window_copy_append_selection/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/window-copy.c#L5589)

## Calls

- [`xstrdup`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-xstrdup/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/paste.c#L119)

## Referenced by

- [`cmd_save_buffer_exec`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-save-buffer-c-cmd_save_buffer_exec/) (function)
- [`input_osc_52_reply`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-input-c-input_osc_52_reply/) (function)
- [`status_prompt_paste`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-status-c-status_prompt_paste/) (function)

## Referenced declarations

- [`paste_buffer.automatic`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-struct-paste_buffer-automatic/) (attribute)
- [`paste_buffer.name`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-struct-paste_buffer-name/) (attribute)
- [`paste_buffer`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-struct-paste_buffer/) (struct)
- [`paste_by_time`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-variable-paste-c-paste_by_time/) (attribute)