Pthreads refers to the POSIX standard (IEEE 1003.1c) defining an API for thread creation and synchronization. This is a specification for thread behavior, not an implementation. Operating-system designers may implement the specification in any way they wish. Numerous systems implement the Pthreads specification; most are UNIX-type systems, including Linux, Mac OS X, and Solaris. Although Windows doesn’t support Pthreads natively, some third party implementations for Windows are available
#include <pthread.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int sum; /* this data is shared by the thread(s) */
void *runner(void *param); /* threads call this function */
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
pthread t tid; /* the thread identifier */
pthread attr t attr; /* set of thread attributes */
if (argc != 2) {
fprintf(stderr,"usage: a.out <integer value>\n");
return -1;
}
if (atoi(argv[1]) < 0) {
fprintf(stderr,"%d must be >= 0\n",atoi(argv[1]));
return -1;
}
/* get the default attributes */
pthread attr init(&attr);
/* create the thread */
pthread create(&tid,&attr,runner,argv[1]);
/* wait for the thread to exit */
pthread join(tid,NULL);
printf("sum = %d\n",sum);
}
/* The thread will begin control in this function */
void *runner(void *param)
{
int i, upper = atoi(param);
sum = 0;
for (i = 1; i <= upper; i++)
sum += i;
pthread exit(0);
}