#include #include #include #include // thread function prototype void *thread_function(void *arg); //global variables char message[] = "Hello World"; int thread_finished = 0; int main() { int res; pthread_t a_thread; void *thread_result; pthread_attr_t thread_attr; res = pthread_attr_init(&thread_attr); if (res != 0) { perror("Attribute creation failed"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } res = pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&thread_attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED); if (res != 0) { perror("Setting detached attribute failed"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } res = pthread_create(&a_thread, &thread_attr, thread_function, (void *)message); if (res != 0) { perror("Thread creation failed"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } pthread_attr_destroy(&thread_attr); while(!thread_finished) { printf("Waiting for thread to say it's finished...\n"); sleep(1); } printf("Other thread finished, bye!\n"); exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); } void *thread_function(void *arg) { printf("thread_function is running. Argument was %s\n", (char *)arg); sleep(4); printf("Second thread setting finished flag, and exiting now\n"); thread_finished = 1; pthread_exit(NULL); }