Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <19990901163129.3879.rocketmail@web111.yahoomail.com> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 09:31:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Earnie Boyd Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com Subject: Re: threads ? To: "Robert A. Mackie" , cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii --- "Robert A. Mackie" wrote: > Does the cygwin.dll support anything like posix threads ? I looked > through the headers and found the process spawning stuff. I can use > that if I need to, but was hoping that I'm just being obtuse somehow in > not finding the thread create, and the rest. > And if you had searched the archives the answer is no. There is the beginnings of pthreads within the cygwin sources but you have to build it yourself with the appropriate switches. > At this point I'm not building mingw stuff, just using g++ and the > cygwin.dll sort of "naively out of the box." > > Rob. > > PS: What is cygwin1.dll vs cygwin.dll ? > cygwin.dll is a pre b19 release of the product. cygwinb19.dll is the b19 release of the cygwin product. And cygwin1.dll is the b20 and since release of the cygwin product. The version b21 release dll will still be named cygwin1.dll. === Earnie Boyd Newbies, please visit (If you respond to the list, then please don't cc me) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com