[X-Unix] Zombies

[Alex]

On Monday, Jun 14, 2004, at 00:57 Canada/Eastern, James Bucanek wrote:

>  [...] a zombie process can't possibly "do anything" because a zombie 
> process is, by definition, not a process at all.  It's just the whole 
> left by a process that once was.

That's why I thought they shouldn't cause problems.

>  [...] Find out what the parent of the zombie is, then find out why 
> it's stuck, and you might be closer to solving your problem.

That's why I wanted to understand them better. I'm told that on Mac OS 
X there's no reliable way to find a zombie's parent, but I don't see 
why that should be so.

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