[NTLUG:Discuss] How to use threads

[Cameron]

* chsubram at nortelnetworks.com [2000.08.07 10:53]:
: To write POSIX compatible threads in RH Linux 6.2 is there any package that
: I need to install ? I get Linker Errors with a simple program that creates a
: thread using the pthread_create() interface.

i suspect you are forgetting to compile with the libs.  here's an
example compile line to use pthreads:

  gcc -D_REENTRANT -o myprogram myprogram.c -lpthread -ldl

i *think* that will work.  you may not need the dl lib ("-ldl").  i
first learned how to use pthreads from an article in the Linux Journal.
i wrote a small program that uses pthreads (and PAM) if you want to see
an example implementation.  it's available at
http://unbeatenpath.com/software/away/.
--
cameron
  [ I have an inferiority complex.  But it's not a very good one. ]