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Hi everybody, I wan to use pthread_cancel to cancel a thread, but before do that thing i want to check that thread was created or is it running? I dont ...
  1. 09-05-2011 #1
    baliba
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    Check a created thread

    Hi everybody,
    I wan to use pthread_cancel to cancel a thread, but before do that thing i want to check that thread was created or is it running?
    I dont find out the function to check status of a thread.
    How can i do that, please help me.

    Thanks.
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  2. 09-06-2011 #2
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    Why not just cancel the thread ID? It will return the ESRCH error if the thread has either not been created or if it is no longer running.
    Sometimes, real fast is almost as good as real time.
    Just remember, Semper Gumbi - always be flexible!
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