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Subject: Help : <exiting> cannot be killed
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Date: 19 Jan 89 04:18:47 GMT
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 111, message 12 of 18

I can't seem to kill a process that is stuck in the <exiting> status. I
tried sure kills etc. nothing seems to work. Any ideas would be helpful.
Please e-mail. 

Thanks in advance.

[[ Try killing the process's parent.  <exiting> processes are usually
waiting for their parents to "wait" on them.  But I have seen <exiting>
processes get thoroughly stuck (not on SunOS, but on 4.2 BSD).  They
wouldn't go away without a reboot.  I'll put a detailed explanation of
<exiting> processes in the next issue.  It might even be right!  --wnl ]]

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