Re: [gtk-list] Defunct processes after fork/_exit

["David Given" <dg tao-group com>]

[...]
>I've written some code that forks and does some useful
>work in the child process. While the child process is executing,
>everything is fine, but once it terminates and calls _exit(0) the
>process listing shows it as being defunct:
[...]
>Any idea what I might be doing wrong to cause this?

Standard unix question #4582: the kernel is keeping the process structure 
around in case the parent wants to find out how the child died. This process 
stub is called a zombie process; to get rid of it you need to wait() for it in 
the parent. (Or you can just ignore it; it'll get destroyed when the parent 
exits, though this is usually considered bad practice.)

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