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- From: sbmn@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com (S.Subramanian(contr))
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:32:55 GMT
- Subject: Re: defunct processes with fork and sockets
- Message-ID: <156600001@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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- If a process does not wait for it's child, then the OS has to hold
- the child in defunct state on it's exit, since the parent can request
- the exit status later thro' a wait. But if the parent is not
- interested in the child's exit status, it can set the SIGCHLD to
- SIG_IGN. This will let the kernel know that the parent will not do
- a wait on child and prompt it to let an exiting child die peacefully.
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