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SubjectRe: fork problems (zombie children)
>What am I doing wrong?  The following program:
>
>#include <signal.h>
>#include <sys/wait.h>
>main(){
> for(;;) {
> if( !fork() ) {
> exit(0); /* child, exit immediately */
> }
> sleep(1);
> }
>}

You aren't wait()ing for your children after they exit.

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