Bolan Meek wrote: > > 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.
Whoops: they are what is left from child processes if _they_ terminate without being wait()ed. Sorry for the confusion. I'm glad I read the link I passed along. > > > > Any pointers / references appreciated. > > http://support.qnx.com/support/docs/qnx4/sysarch/proc.html has another > wording. BTW, I found this by requesting a search of 'zombie process' on http://www.google.com/search?q=&num=100