2 Aug
2006
2 Aug
'06
1:41 p.m.
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 11:32:56AM -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
"kill" will also not kill zombies ("Z" state). You must kill their parent processes first and the zombies will disappear of their own accord.
Because, of course, the zombies are already dead -- there's no process there, just a process ID that hasn't been released.
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