What am I doing wrong? Canceling a thread...

From: Steven (steeve_at_test.com)
Date: 10/31/03

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    Hello,

    I think Im gonna shot myself. Okay, heres the situation
    Im creating a thread, with this simple code

    int counter=0;
    pthread_t thread[5];
    pthread_create(&thread[counter], NULL, work, NULL);
    //that works fine

    //work is a separate routine and is defined as
    void* work(void* arg) { while(1); } /// yes i acctually need a infinite
    while loop, no problems here

    The problem is with canceling this thread. The statement below DOES print
    out 'done' so the thread should be canceled, BUT when I do 'ps -A |grep
    a.out' in a separate window I STILL see the old thread running! Whats
    going on. How do you cancel a thread??

       if (pthread_cancel(thread[0])==0)
                        fprintf(stderr,"done");

    Thank you

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