Subj : Re: _beginthread -- how to terminate a thread from out side of it.
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Ian
Date : Wed Aug 24 2005 09:56 pm

liangbowen@hotmail.com wrote:
> As i konw, the only way to to terminate a thread started by
> _beginthread() is to user _endthread() (or return) inside the thread.
> 
> 
> now i started a thread(TodoThread), and created a listenning socket
> inside the thread.
> I want to destroy the socket and kill the thread at anytime if there is
> no client connect to it. How?
> 
> 
> void TodoThread(PVOID pvoid){
>     //creat a tcp socket
>     //then listen
>     accept();
>     //.....
> }
> 
Use a non-blocking socket and use select or poll to wait for the connection.

Ian.

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