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A book for learning threads?

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I'm updating a program using threads so that it can use checkpoints instead
of often running for a month or more without the ability to restart anywhere
except at the beginning.

It will later be recompiled for multiple platforms, but for now I am 
only using
the Cygwin version of gcc under 64-bit Windows.  Without checkpoints, it 
will
already compile for all the intended platforms, using other versions of gcc.

It uses the Posix threads method of getting threads (pthreads). However, 
I've
never used threads before.  Also, I've never used Linux, and have done 
little
under Unix.

I've already found that my K&R 2 book does not mention pthreads in the
index.

What book would you recommend for learning enough about threads and
pthreads that I can do a reasonable job with this update?  I'd also 
consider an
online class, but not an on-campus class.

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A book for learning threads? Robert Miles <milesrf@Usenet-News.net> - 2012-10-28 19:26 -0500
  Re: A book for learning threads? Lucas Levrel <lucas.levrel@u-pec.fr> - 2012-10-29 09:45 +0100
    Re: A book for learning threads? Mark <i@dontgetlotsofspamanymore.invalid> - 2012-10-29 09:45 +0000
    Re: A book for learning threads? Robert Miles <robertmilesxyz@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 07:42 -0700
      Re: A book for learning threads? Lucas Levrel <lucas.levrel@u-pec.fr> - 2012-10-29 17:35 +0100
        Re: A book for learning threads? Robert Miles <robertmilesxyz@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 23:49 -0700
          Re: A book for learning threads? Lucas Levrel <lucas.levrel@u-pec.fr> - 2012-10-30 10:43 +0100
            Re: A book for learning threads? Robert Miles <robertmilesxyz@gmail.com> - 2012-10-30 07:27 -0700
          Re: Use of checkpoints for parallel data processing? Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de> - 2012-11-01 13:31 +0100
            Re: Use of checkpoints for parallel data processing? Robert Miles <robertmilesxyz@gmail.com> - 2012-11-01 18:39 -0700
              Re: Use of checkpoints for parallel data processing? Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de> - 2012-11-05 19:58 +0100
              Re: Use of checkpoints for parallel data processing? Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de> - 2012-11-05 20:00 +0100
          Re: A book for learning threads? Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-11-01 17:55 +0000
          Re: A book for learning threads? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-11-03 14:52 +1300
            Re: A book for learning threads? Robert Miles <robertmilesxyz@gmail.com> - 2012-11-02 23:46 -0700
              Re: A book for learning threads? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-11-07 10:37 +1300
  Re: A book for learning threads? Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 12:52 +0000
    Re: A book for learning threads? Robert Miles <robertmilesxyz@gmail.com> - 2012-10-29 07:45 -0700

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