Re: Using threads ?

[Alexis Sukrieh <alexis sukria net>]

Thanks a lot :)

This is really a good explanation :)

I'll try it :)

Le jeu 20/02/2003 à 17:24, Stéphane Konstantaropoulos a écrit :
> Le jeu 20/02/2003 à 13:35, Alexis Sukrieh a écrit :
> > Hello list :)
> >
> > I'm writing a Gtk2 app that have to deal with fork/execl.
> > Indeed, my app should give an interface over some external binaries.
> >
> > To sum my problem up, I want to :
> >
> > - exec a binary in the background from my Gtk2 window
> > - keep an eye on the binary execution's state (running|finished or X %
> > complete)
> > - update some widgets according to the state of the binary execution
> >
> > As far as I know, the best way here is to use threads but I really don't
> > know how to poroceed.
> >
> > Thanks if you can give some help here :)
>
> just run your app this way:
>
> pthread_create(thread, NULL, yourfunct, yourdata)
>
> yourfunction(gpointer data){
>
> ststus = STARTED;
> int exit_status;
> exit_status = system(yourcommand);
>
> status = FINISHED;
>
> }
>
> status should be either global or available through yourdata.
> mind you system is not too reliable with glibc (it catches some signals
> without passing them through to the child process)
>
> That's it
-- 


Alexis Sukrieh <alexis sukria net> http://www.sukria.net
********************************************************
Debian/Linux enthusiast geek <http://www.debian.org>
Gnome2 glad user/tuner/hacker <http://www.gnome.org>
MyDynaWeb creator/developer   <http://mydynaweb.net>
********************************************************