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If I try to compile a program with
#include <pthread.h>
in it, I get the error:
pthread.h: No such file or directory
Is it possible to get this to compile in a Windows environment?
I am using Vista with the latest MinGW.
I do not want to use the Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX Version 3.5 as I will have to move this to a Unix environment.
pthread.his a header for the Unix/Linux (POSIX) API for threads. A POSIX layer such as Cygwin would probably compile an app with#include <pthreads.h>.The native Windows threading API is exposed via
#include <windows.h>and it works slightly differently to Linux’s threading.Still, there’s a replacement “glue” library maintained at http://sourceware.org/pthreads-win32/ ; note that it has some slight incompatibilities with MinGW/VS (e.g. see here).