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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Zombies ???
Message-ID: <5438@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 8-Dec-86 01:00:23 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  8 01:00:23 1986
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In article <1327@brl-adm.ARPA> larry@MITRE.arpa (Larry Henry) writes:
>	Does anyone out there have a clear understanding of exactly what
>	situations create zombie processes ??

A process becomes a zombie when it terminates.
It is laid to rest when it is reported to its parent process
(or to process #1, init, if the original parent is no longer
alive) as the result of a wait() system call in the parent.

>	ps. I apolgize if this is not the correct group to ask this question of.

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