On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 11:35:37PM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: > doesn't take long). IIRC one reason an application is zombie is that its > parent waits for return value (which is sort of held by zombie, waitin > for parent to process the info or something like that).
You've got it backwards. You get zombies when the parent _doesn't_ wait, so the kids just hang around forever, just in case the parent wants to come back and get their exit status someday. -- That's not gibberish... It's Linux. - Byers, The Lone Gunmen Geek Code 3.1: GCS d? s+: a- C++ UL++$ P++>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r y+