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UNIX zombie/defunct processes
Dear Sir,<br><br>Thanks for your interesting posting.<br>The way we got round this problem was to write a C routine which eventually called the 'system' C API and added it to<br>out TCL interpreter.<br>From your posting I gather that your solution is more complex/complete as you are forking and... -
UNIX zombie/defunct processes
Thanks for responding Mr Mango. <br> <br> I have already tried this and not even 'root' authority can kill off the defunct process. The only way to get rid of the process is to either:<br> 1. Terminate the Parent Process <br> 2. To issue another exec command in the foreground from the parent... -
UNIX zombie/defunct processes
Development environment is<br> HPUX 10.20, TCL version 7.3.<br> <br> Within our application we need to fork off a new process and run it in the background. To achieve this, within our TCL script procedure, we use 'exec newProcess &' command which forks off a child process running 'newProcess' in...
