Zombies ???

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <1327 at brl-adm.ARPA> larry at MITRE.arpa (Larry Henry) writes:
>	Does anyone out there have a clear understanding of exactly what
>	situations create zombie processes ??

A process becomes a zombie when it terminates.
It is laid to rest when it is reported to its parent process
(or to process #1, init, if the original parent is no longer
alive) as the result of a wait() system call in the parent.

>	ps. I apolgize if this is not the correct group to ask this question of.

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