On 25Jun2008 23:45, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 12:34 +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote: | > xterm & | > xclock & | > window-manager | > | > So, that is a shell script. It kicks off a terminal, a clock and a | > window manager. It waits for that last. When the window manager exits | > (usually from the quit/logout menu item), the session ends, and | > gdm/xdm | > kills the X server and starts a new server for a new login prompt. | > | > Now.. if the terminal or clock exit, they will be zombies. | | In fact the Shell waits for forked processes, so they won't be zombies. Indeed. However if it execs the window manager, the window manager usually won't. But point taken. -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Anarchy is not lack of order. Anarchy is lack of ORDERS. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
