Xref: utzoo comp.sys.att:2504 comp.unix.wizards:6519 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!yale!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ames!rutgers!mtune!icus!lenny From: lenny@icus.UUCP (Lenny Tropiano) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,comp.unix.wizards Subject: How do you get rid of processes? (AT&T UNIXpc) Message-ID: <260@icus.UUCP> Date: 10 Feb 88 03:40:48 GMT Organization: ICUS Computer Group, Islip, NY Lines: 29 Keywords: ps, UNIXPC, defunct, zombie. I don't know how I do it, but sometimes a process terminates abnormally and it turns into a ZOMBIE process. F S UID PID PPID C PRI NI ADR SZ:RSZ WCHAN TTY TIME COMD 1 Z 0 14275 14273240 80 0 1 S 0 14273 1 3 21 0 61 22: 0 4157c w1 0:00 sh Now I've tried the usual: $ kill -9 14273 14275 They don't want to die! Unfortunately they'll stay there until I reboot, also it shows up in the "[w]" Windows Manager as if it still exists. I toggle to that window and all I get is the WORKING ICON. And the screen that was there when I exited... But it doesn't want to die, and I don't want to reboot. Is there an easier solution? And how do they get created in the first place? Thanks, -Lenny -- ============================ US MAIL: Lenny Tropiano, ICUS Computer Group IIIII CCC U U SSSS PO Box 1 I C C U U S Islip Terrace, New York 11752 I C U U SSS PHONE: (516) 968-8576 [H] (516) 582-5525 [W] I C C U U S AT&T MAIL: ...attmail!icus!lenny TELEX: 154232428 IIIII CCC UUU SSSS UUCP: ============================ ...{uunet!godfre, harvard!talcott}!\ ...{ihnp4, boulder, mtune, bc-cis, ptsfa, sbcs}! >icus!lenny "Usenet the final frontier" ...{cmcl2!phri, hoptoad}!dasys1!/