boyd@necisa.ho.necisa.oz (Boyd Roberts) (06/27/90)
In article <1990Jun25.125915.19895@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill) writes: >In article <1990Jun22.221815.2087@cbnewsm.att.com> jeffj@cbnewsm.att.com (jeffrey.n.jones) writes: >> >>I was wondering how to find a zombie process. Will ps -elf show it? > Yes. The state field will contain a `Z'. >>I am sure we don't have any running but how would one >>find it and then eliminate it (kill?). Thanks for any help! I'll be more > >You can't eliminate it. A zombie process, by definition, is just an >entry in the process table that contains timing and status information for >a process that has exited, but whose parent hasn't yet waited on it. > Hmm. It also contains its process ID and it's parent's process ID. Processes in UNIX are referenced by their process ID, and never by their `name'. Maintain a table of processes you started and save their process ID, for later use. Boyd Roberts boyd@necisa.ho.necisa.oz.au ``When the going gets wierd, the weird turn pro...''