Creating a Pthread [cont'd]

• pthread_create() returns 0 if successful, a +ve error code if not

• does not set errno, but returns compatible codes

• can use strerror() to print error messages

Thread Termination

#include <pthread.h>

int pthread_join(pthread_t tid, void **status)

• tid
  • the thread ID of the thread to wait for
  • cannot wait for any thread (cf. wait())

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