On 09:06 24 Aug 2003, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | On Sun, 2003-08-24 at 03:10, Brian Curtis wrote: | > How does one go about removing defunct processes from the pid table? | > I've tried kill -9 on the pid and everything else I can think of. The | > processes don't seem to have a ppid (ps -axf), and just won't go away. | | The more colorful name for these kinds of processes are "zombies". You | can't kill a zombie, it is already dead. But relax. Zombies don't need to eat. Your system isn't losing any resources to them. They're merely process table slots being kept around until the processes' parents wait() for them. It's ironic really, the living parents have to eat the zombies' brains before they'll go away. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ The Force. It surrounds us; It enfolds us; It gets us dates on Saturday Nights. - Obi Wan Kenobi, Famous Jedi Knight and Party Animal. -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
