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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!bcm.tmc.edu!newshost.convex.com!news.onramp.net!news.tcst.com!op.net!candle.pha.pa.us!not-for-mail From: root@candle.pha.pa.us (Bruce Momjian) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: BSD 4.4: Preventing zombies SIGCHLD Date: 18 Dec 1995 17:17:49 GMT Organization: a consultant's basement Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4b47nt$e1a@picasso.op.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: s1-03.ppp.op.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950726BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.misc:381 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:1714 I am looking for a standard way of automatically preventing zombies by auto-reaping exit'ed children. I know SIGCLD works under System V, and I know I can install a SIGCHLD handler to wait() after each child exit. I have looked in the Seven's book "Advanced Programming in the Unix environment, and I don't see anything". I checked some archives and couldn't find anything. -- Bruce Momjian | 830 Blythe Avenue root@candle.pha.pa.us | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 + If your life is a hard drive, | (610) 353-9879(w) + Christ can be your backup. | (610) 853-3000(h)