1) executed a wait() or a waitpid() for the child
2) set up the parent to ignore the SIGCHLD process from the terminating
child with a call to signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN);
On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Michael K Vance wrote:
> ... to the 800 people or so who wrote to me to dispel my naivete' re: zombie
> processes ;). I can't explain offhand how a) root was running the process
> (jwz's xscreesaver package started in my .xinitrc) or b) why it was in zombie,
> but I'm wondering whether it's related to my system freeze the other night ...
>
> m.
>
> --
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> and live for their secrets. They're all uptight." -Thom Yorke, Radiohead
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