On 30Jul2010 15:09, Ray <[email protected]> wrote: | On Jul 30, 6:03 pm, Ray <[email protected]> wrote: | > I'm running python 2.4 on linux. I use python os.fork run tcpdump, but | > after I kill the forked process (tcpdump) in linux it shows defunct [...] | > after I call kill() it will kill tcpdump (capture will stop) but on | > linux, ps shows tcpdump as defunct process | > what am I missing? | > thanks for any help. | | I think I found it. need to call os.wait()
Yep. "defunct" == "zombie". See: http://code.activestate.com/lists/python-list/580569/ Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <[email protected]> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Talk is the bastard redheaded stepchild of email and the telephone. - Geoff Miller, [email protected] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
