On FC7, I have a daemon that executes system commands via a pipe constructed of, essentially: pipe() fork() execvp() all wrapped in a C++ class. I find, on ps -ef, that each system command leaves behind a processes marked <defunct> that remains until the daemon is stopped. These are unaffected by kill -9 issued either from the destructor of the pipe class, or by me on the command line. I have two questions: 1. Is there any way to get rid of these defunct processes other than stopping the daemon? 2. How many of these can pile up before my system crashes? Thanks for your help. Mike. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
