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From: weave@sun.udel.edu (Ken Weaverling)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How to clean out Zombies?
Summary: If SYS V, try SIG_IGN SIGCLD
Message-ID: <12835@sun.udel.edu>
Date: 22 Jul 90 20:54:05 GMT
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Reply-To: weave@sun.udel.edu (Ken Weaverling)
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In article <1990Jul21.031957.7141@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill) writes:
>Essentially what you need to do is call wait() as some point which will
>clean up the zombies.  You can set up your daemon to get a signal whenever
>a child exits and you can then do the wait() which won't block.
>
The SYS V 3.1 box I have has an easier way to do it. Just set SIGCLD to SIG_IGN
in the parent process and have the child exit with exit(). No zombies!

That info was in the man page for signal and sigset.
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Ken Weaverling (insert any job title here, except for official spokesperson)
Delaware Technical & Community College --- weave@sun.udel.edu