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# 1  
Old 11-26-2009
Mailing me the Defunct/Zombie/Orphan
Hello I need a script which would mail me the list of processes which are zombie/defunct or orphan.

Please help me in this regard.
# 2  
Old 11-26-2009
As a start you should do a ps, grep what you are looking for and pipe it into the mail command. Write it as a small script and let it be fired by cron to your needs.
# 3  
Old 11-26-2009
how to figure out which processes are zombie/orphan/defunct out of a 'ps -ef' output

Thanks in advance!!
# 4  
Old 11-26-2009
Something like this? (code is not tested)

Code:
count=`ps -ef |grep defunct |wc -l`
if [ $count > 10 ] ; then 
  echo " defunct process `ps -ef |grep defunct`" |mailx -s "defunct process" yourmailbox@abc.com
fi

# 5  
Old 11-26-2009
thanks a lot .... how do i identify the zombie and orphan processes as well through a 'ps -ef' output.

thanks in advance!!
# 6  
Old 11-26-2009
Check rdcwayx's code - he is grep'ing for "defunct" in the output of ps.
# 7  
Old 11-26-2009
check for the status of 'Z' in ps output for zombie process
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