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minus-squareTheTechnician27linkEnglish26•edit-28 days agoParents killing reaping their zombie children was a favorite one of mine.
minus-square@fubolink10•8 days agoYou don’t kill zombies; a zombie is already dead. You wait for or reap zombies. (A zombie process is just a process table entry with its exit status; it goes away once the parent process has read that exit status.)
minus-squareSkull giverlinkfedilink7•8 days agoIt happens rarely, but I felt pretty weird after finding out I needed to reap zombie orphans after the parent has died.
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killingreaping their zombie children was a favorite one of mine.You don’t kill zombies; a zombie is already dead. You wait for or reap zombies. (A zombie process is just a process table entry with its exit status; it goes away once the parent process has read that exit status.)
Haha, yup, you’re right; had a brain fart.
It happens rarely, but I felt pretty weird after finding out I needed to reap zombie orphans after the parent has died.