Re: [gtk-list] defunct process

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

Jeffrey <seesej@uswest.net> writes:
> I have a script that runs every 3-5 seconds on a heavily traffic web site
> (due to client requests). I keep seeing this script die with a <defunct>
> after it in top. 
> 
> This script does not fork and is not the result of a fork. There are only 3
> subroutines in the script and all of them exit();
> 
> How do I find out why/where the script is exiting that way, and how to
> prevent it. There are no entries in the error log.
> 

This question has nothing to do with GTK, you need to ask it on a
general Linux mailing list, or on a list for the scripting language
you're using.

Havoc