Threading in C.

Question

I want to create a thread in C so that the thread automatically call after two seconds. I am using Visual Studio and Windows platform for development.

How do I get started?

Answer 1

There's nothing in standard C that could help you. You need to use some library or platform-dependent features. Don't forget that many platforms simply don't have threads - only full-weight processes.

On Windows use CreateThread(). You'll need Microsoft SDK to compile your code using this and other Win32 functions.

Answer 2

C doesn't have built in threading facilities; you will have to use your OS services to create a thread.

For windows use CreateThread function.

Answer 3

You are going to need to use OS specific libraries to do threading. On Posix, you will want to look into pthreads (and specifically pthread_create). On Windows, you'll want CreateThread or _beginthreadex.

Answer 4

Multithreading in C is platform dependent. You need to use external libraries corresponding to different platforms.

Read about:

Multithreading in C, POSIX style and Multithreading with C and Win32

Answer 5

You can check this link for different ways to do it: Windows threading: _beginthread vs _beginthreadex vs CreateThread C++

For cross-platform code, you can also check the Boost library or Intel Threading Building Blocks.

Answer 6

Please refer to MSDN for VC8. Refer to the createThread() help there. That should give you sufficient information.

For checking online, please go the link below:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682453%28VS.85%29.aspx