Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: is killing zombies possible w/o a reboot? | From | Doug McNaught <> | Date | Wed, 03 Nov 2004 14:33:07 -0500 |
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Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> writes:
> On Wednesday 03 November 2004 14:03, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>> >>That's because its parent was still sitting around refusing to >> wait() for them. > > Define 'parent' when it was a click on the apps icon on the xwindow > screen that started it, please.
Whichever process called fork() to create the app process is the parent. Sounds like it's some component of the desktop environment.
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