Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 11:44:44 +0200 From: Alwyn Schoeman <alwyns@littlecruncher.prizm.dhs.org> To: Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net> Cc: "FoxChat.Net" <Zapper@FoxChat.Net>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Killing Zombies. Message-ID: <20000107114438.B84965@littlecruncher.prizm.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001061233221.27160-100000@turtle.looksharp.net>; from bsdx@looksharp.net on Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 12:34:09PM -0500 References: <20000106140935.J8865@littlecruncher.prizm.dhs.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001061233221.27160-100000@turtle.looksharp.net>
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This might not be the case for freebsd, but if the parent is gone then it should automatically be "adopted" by the init process. On Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 12:34:09PM -0500, Adam wrote: > I believe to remove a zombie you can try to figure out its parent process > and kill that instead. If its already gone then I don't know what to > say. :) > > On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Alwyn Schoeman wrote: > > >On Sun, Jan 02, 2000 at 12:19:29AM -0600, FoxChat.Net wrote: > >> How does one kill a "zombie" process? > > > >You don't. Zombie processes aren't really processes, they're just hanging > >around in the process table until something happens, what precisely I've for- > >gotten. > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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