Sven Burgener wrote: ... > Today I noticed the following: > > 15444 ? Z 0:00 (cron <zombie>) > > Under which circumstances does a process turn into a zombie? I assume > this applies to UNIX in general.
zombies are what is left from child processes when the parents thereof do not wait() for them, but exit() instead. > > Any pointers / references appreciated. http://support.qnx.com/support/docs/qnx4/sysarch/proc.html has another wording. > > TIA YWIA