#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <pthread.h>
void* thread_function(void *arg);
char message[] = "hello world";
int main(){
int res;
pthread_t a_thread;
void *thread_result;
res = pthread_create(&a_thread, NULL,
thread_function,
(void *)message);
if(res){
perror("Thread creation failed");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
sleep(1);
printf("waiting for thread to finish...\n");
res = pthread_join(a_thread, &thread_result);
if(res){
perror("thread join failed");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
printf("thread joined, it returned %s\n",
(char*)thread_result);
printf("message is now %s\n", message);
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
void*thread_function(void *arg){
printf("thread_function is running.Argument was %s\n",
(char*)arg);
sleep(3);
strcpy(message, "bye!");
pthread_exit("thank you for the cpu time");
}
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <pthread.h>
void* thread_function(void *arg);
char message[] = "hello world";
int main(){
int res;
pthread_t a_thread;
void *thread_result;
res = pthread_create(&a_thread, NULL,
thread_function,
(void *)message);
if(res){
perror("Thread creation failed");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
sleep(1);
printf("waiting for thread to finish...\n");
res = pthread_join(a_thread, &thread_result);
if(res){
perror("thread join failed");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
printf("thread joined, it returned %s\n",
(char*)thread_result);
printf("message is now %s\n", message);
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
void*thread_function(void *arg){
printf("thread_function is running.Argument was %s\n",
(char*)arg);
sleep(3);
strcpy(message, "bye!");
pthread_exit("thank you for the cpu time");
}
$ gcc test.c -lpthread
$ ./a.out
$ ./a.out
thread_function is running.Argument was hello world
waiting for thread to finish...
thread joined, it returned thank you for the cpu time
message is now bye!