Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:6879 comp.unix.wizards:8275 comp.unix.microport:596 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!oodis01!uplherc!sp7040!obie!wes From: wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.microport Subject: Re: Trouble killing processes in SysV/AT Message-ID: <216@obie.UUCP> Date: 3 May 88 04:38:56 GMT References: <3950@killer.UUCP> <3951@killer.UUCP> Organization: Great Salt Lake Yacht Club, north branch Lines: 11 Summary: Immortal processes? No.... In article , hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu (Charles Hedrick) writes: | You ask about processes that refuse to die. (Calling them "immortal" | confers a positive aura that is probably undeserved. Normally these | processes are in a useless state, and might better be referred to as | members of the "undead".) The canonical term for such a process is "zombie." -- /\ - "Against Stupidity, - {backbones}! /\/\ . /\ - The Gods Themselves - utah-cs!uplherc! / \/ \/\/ \ - Contend in Vain." - sp7040!obie! / U i n T e c h \ - Schiller - wes