Top "Zombie-process" questions

On Unix and Unix-like computer operating systems, a zombie process or defunct process is a process that has completed execution but still has an entry in the process table.

How to determine the state of a process (i.e. if it is a zombie)

how can I get information on the state of a process (i.e. if it is a zombie) using C …

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Starting a daemon from PHP

For a website, I need to be able to start and stop a daemon process. What I am currently doing …

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Kill a 10 minute old zombie process in linux bash script

I've been tinkering with a regex answer by yukondude with little success. I'm trying to kill processes that are older …

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Can this C code create zombie processes?

I am wondering if the following code can create zombies: #include <stdio.h> #include <unistd.h> #…

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Remove zombie processes using parallel package

After I have played around for some time using R's parallel package on my Debian-based machine I still can't find …

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how this program creates zombie process?

How the below program works and create a Zombie process under linux? #include <stdlib.h> #include <sys/…

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