sweetmr@sct60a.sunyct.edu (michael sweet) (02/24/91)
This reply bounced.... In order to clear out those defunct child processes, the parent has to: 1) die. 2) issue a wait() call to get the return status. Many versions of UNIX have the wait3() system call, which is basically a non-blocking wait() call with a few extra arguments. -Mike Sweet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The only TASC (315) 724-1100 (voice) truth is that 555 French Road (315) 724-2031 (fax) there are no New Hartford, NY 13413 Internet: sweetmr@sct60a.sunyct.edu truths, only beliefs." Delphi: DODGECOLT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------