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bob@coolgroups.com

2006-04-27, 7:56 am

let's say you call the fork function on unix c++.

does this create a new process or a new thread?


if it's a process, how do you create a new thread?

Barry Margolin

2006-04-27, 7:56 am

In article <1145578628.670054.206350@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
bob@coolgroups.com wrote:

> let's say you call the fork function on unix c++.
>
> does this create a new process or a new thread?


Process. Isn't this in the first sentence of its man page on your
system?

> if it's a process, how do you create a new thread?


pthread_create

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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DaVinci

2006-04-27, 7:56 am


Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article <1145578628.670054.206350@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
> bob@coolgroups.com wrote:
>
>
> Process. Isn't this in the first sentence of its man page on your
> system?
>
>
> pthread_create

I had installed the dev man pages, but I can't find the man page of
pthread_create and other pthread_* .

I can find the man pages of fork ,c library and so on.but no thread
>
> --
> Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
> Arlington, MA
> *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***
> *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***


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