On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 05:44:21AM +0800, csj wrote: | To sum up this discussion: zombies can be killed, but only if you know | their mothers. Is this correct? Kill the parent process and the zombies | go away?
If that is the reason for their existance, yes. If the zombie is blocked in a system call (waiting for an interrupt or something that isn't gonna happen) then no. -D -- Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails. Proverbs 19:21