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RE: [LI] runaway process
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- Subject: RE: [LI] runaway process
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- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 13:21:01 +0100
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> Hi
>
> > Is a runaway process the same as Zombie process? If so, in linux is
> > there any way out to find such processes and kill them
> > manually/automatically?
>
> Runaway Process - One which goes out of control - into an infinite
> loop say / forking unlimited child processes (and hogs system
> resources)
>
> Zombie - One which executes at < a snail's speed and locks up yr
> system that way
NO, a zombie is already dead, only it's return code subsist in the
process table,
waiting for his father to issue a wait on it.
>
> Both will die a horrible death when you use kill -9
NO, zombie will not, in fact they already are.
All this is fairly well explained, at least in the linux-admin-FAQ
pascal
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