Boost thread, how can I check if a thread is still running?

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I am using boost::thread, how can I tell if a thread is still running from another thread?

Thanks.

Pretty much this question, right?http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1667420/how-can-i-tell-reliably-if-a-boost-thread-has-exited-its-run-method Except you have to put the thread you want to check as reference/pointer argument to the other thread — Tim, Feb 23 '12 at 17:36

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 23 '12 at 18:29

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The general answer would be that you can't, but if you just want to check so as to avoid blocking in join, there's a timed_join function.

answered Feb 23 '12 at 18:29

James Kanze

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