Message-Id: <200501200402.j0K42wmG025644@delorie.com> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" To: Subject: RE: _beginthreadex Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:00:23 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <20050119130759.GC30059@cygbert.vinschen.de> X-IsSubscribed: yes > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com > [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Corinna Vinschen > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 7:08 AM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: _beginthreadex > > On Jan 19 12:45, Dave Korn wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Kukuk Barbara > > > Sent: 19 January 2005 11:49 > > > > > Hi, > > > I would like to know how I can use _beginthreadex in my program. > > > It is shown as an unresolved external. Do I have to link > a special > > > library? > > > > > > Thanks for your help. > > > > > > Barbara > > > > > > You can't use MSVCRT functions, such as _beginthreadex, under > > cygwin, but you can use the win32 equivalents such as > CreateThread and so on. > > Or even better, use posix threads. > > Corinna This sort of begs the question: is it actually safe to use CreateThread() et al when you're linking to Cygwin's CRT, or are you asking for trouble? I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this one, but just for posterity.... -- Gary R. Van Sickle -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/