how to create thread in C?

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I am using Visual studio in windows for developing C library. Can someone please provide me simple example of creating thread in windows console application and starting it. Thanks

Simply search it. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682516.aspx — minjang, Nov 16 '11 at 04:51
Why tagged c++? Do you want a c++ threading api or a c threading api? — , Nov 16 '11 at 04:54
C don't have any thread ...its os has...you are looking for windows thread then upper link is good — Jeegar Patel, Nov 16 '11 at 04:58
possible duplicate of [How to use threads in C on Windows?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1981459/how-to-use-threads-in-c-on-windows) — HostileFork says dont trust SE, Nov 16 '11 at 05:48

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 16 '11 at 15:33

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These links may help you.

Creating Threads

Thread Functions

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 26 '13 at 17:29

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For windows: Use _beginthread and _beginthreadex. CreateThread has problems with the CRT.

For unix: use pthread_create

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 16 '11 at 05:54

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C++ and C doesn't have support for Threads. You have to use Win32 APIs for threading support for which you can google,BING.

answered Nov 16 '11 at 05:54

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how to create thread in C?

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