Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnewsl!dune From: dune@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (Greg Pasquariello) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Need help spawning a child Message-ID: <945@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> Date: 29 Jun 89 13:03:50 GMT References: <1661@apt.UUCP> <873@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> <12131@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <883@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> <1858@auspex.auspex.com> Reply-To: dune@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (Greg Pasquariello) Distribution: usa Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 8 In article <1858@auspex.auspex.com> guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) writes: >>What Jonathan says is correct. The method I suggested was new to SYSV >>with release 3.?. > >Huh? If you're talking about ignoring SIGCLD, that's been in System V >since "Release 1". Ok, Ok, but it only cleaned up zombies correctl post 3.0