Question

So I am getting the error: "undefined reference to sem_open()" even though I have included the <semaphore.h> header. The same thing is happening for all my pthread function calls (mutex, pthread_create, etc). Any thoughts? I am using the following command to compile:

g++ ‘/home/robin/Desktop/main.cpp’ -o ‘/home/robin/Desktop/main.out’

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
#include <pthread.h>
#include <semaphore.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

const char *serverControl = "/serverControl";
sem_t* semID;

int main ( int argc, char *argv[] )
{
    //create semaphore used to control servers
    semID = sem_open(serverControl,O_CREAT,O_RDWR,0);
    return 0;
}

Answer 1

You need link with pthread lib, using -lpthread option.