swenson@nusc-wpn.arpa (01/05/90)
Mario Dorion SSE Sun Montreal <mario@theglove.sun.com> writes: > Actually there is an easier way, at least with Sun OS. The gcore > command (syntax: /usr/ucb/gcore <pid>) has the undocumented > side-effect of effectively killing an <exiting> process. The trace > command (syntax: trace -p <pid>) acts the same way. ... We tried using gcore per Mario's suggestion and it returned something to the effect of: <pid> Zombie. And trace is not on our UNIX 3.5 system ... starting to sound like a bad movie. So we broke out the silver bullets, wooden stakes and sacrificed small animals. Is there no hope; are our souls doomed to eternal damnation? Steve Swenson SWENSON@NUSC-WPN.ARPA ------