> Excerpts from internet.computing.linux-kernel: 10-Feb-98 Zombie
> processes by Spirilis@mindmeld.dyn.ml
> > I would like some advice on the issue of zombie processes. Primarily,
> > what causes them? How can you get rid of them? Basically, what ARE they?
>
> To add to what was already said, the only resources they take up are
> entries in your process table, which generally you don't really care
> about (but if you get messages like "No more processes", you've got a
> problem). And if you didn't write the program that generated them (and
> hence can't fix it to call wait()), then usually your zombie processes
> will hang around until you reboot. They're annoying, but that's about
> it.
Execept when you have the sources avaleable as is quite common with linux
(=:]
Zephaniah E, Hull
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