hoe to use pthread in c

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drewangel -5 Newbie Poster

14 Years Ago

hi all,

i need to know how to create a thread using pthread_create()?

i have never used pthread in c. am i supposed to used function pointer? how to pass arguments in thread function?

i need to know everything about pthread_create().

and yes i am using turbo c++ compiler and including the header file pthread.h , but i am getting error and it is not getting included.

please help. i need to finish my assignment on multithreading.

Drew.

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Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70

14 Years Ago

Your compiler does not support threads. You will have to use a modern compiler such as Code::Blocks or VC++ 2008 Express, both are free for the downloading.

Salem commented: Yes +19

mitrmkar 1,056 Posting Virtuoso

14 Years Ago

It is more than just to get the pthread_create() syntax right. How about taking some time and going through pthread tutorial(s)

Salem commented: Indeed! +19

jephthah 1,888 Posting Maven

14 Years Ago

drewangel : i am using turbo c++ compiler and including the header file pthread.h , but i am getting error and it is not getting included
AncientDragon : Your compiler does not support threads. You will have to use a modern compiler '
drewangel : thanks for your reply. but i want to know the synatx for pthreads. are we supposed to use pointer to functions in that?

my goodness. Reading comprehension, much?

Turbo C does not support multithreading. you will not get a POSIX thread library to work. What part of this are you not able to understand?

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Edited 14 Years Ago by jephthah because: n/a

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drewangel -5 Newbie Poster · Answer 1 · 2010-03-03T21:13:29+00:00

thanks for your reply.

but i want to know the synatx for pthreads. are we supposed to use pointer to functions in that?

seriously, you people need to quit using that piece of crap compiler.

drewangel -5 Newbie Poster · Answer 2 · 2010-03-04T11:08:30+00:00

thanks. i really need to go through some tutorial. can you suggest me a good book on pthreads for c?

You're verging on sounding like a troll with your gimme gimme gimme refrain

thomas_naveen 105 Junior Poster · Answer 3 · 2010-03-04T11:18:16+00:00

Check out this tutorial.

I have no idea about any books on the subject.

However, several books have been listed in the reference section of the given tutorial

manjeet593 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 4 · 2012-02-06T10:39:12+00:00

But can we add thread.h header file and library to our compiler like Turbo C++ or dev C++ instead using of advance one??

Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster · Answer 5 · 2012-02-06T18:41:23+00:00

Dev-C++ probably because that is a 32-bit compiler, Turbo C++ no because its only a 16-bit compiler and therefore can not access any of MS-Windows operating system.

DeanMSands3 69 Junior Poster · Answer 6 · 2012-02-07T02:16:32+00:00

I want to make a hoe joke so very badly...

So... nobody brought this up, but libPThread is PRIMARILY a Linux library being "POSIX Threads."
There is a Windows implementation available and can be installed as part of MinGW using it's Get command (i.e. mingw-get, the command line apt-get substitute).

References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX_Threads
http://sourceware.org/pthreads-win32/
http://mingw.org