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Denis Shcherbakov <deniss@×××××××××.EDU> wrote: |
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(01/09/2003 15:47) |
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>Hi, |
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>I wonder how one can make a zombie process go away. I have a zombie from |
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>mozilla and several zombies from some C++ codes that ran for some time. I |
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>killed all mozilla processes, but there is still a "mozilla-bin <defunct>" |
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>in my processes list. |
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>Any ideas why this is and how this can be dealt with? Is this an |
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>application bug? Does this have to do with the kernel? |
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Try "ps ax --forest" or "pstree -p" and then kill the parent process, unless |
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the parent is init (dont kill that one). |
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The zombie process should be automatically be removed. |
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Fred Van Andel |
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