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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Zombies Post 1181 by Neo on Tuesday 13th of February 2001 10:15:27 PM
Old 02-13-2001

FYI (maybe helpful), from the GNU ps manpage:

Quote:

Processes marked <defunct> are dead processes (so-called "zombies") that remain because their parent has not .... by init(8) if the parent process exits.

PROCESS STATE CODES
D uninterruptible sleep (usually IO)
R runnable (on run queue)
S sleeping
T traced or stopped
Z a defunct ("zombie") process
One simple way you can check for Zombie PIDs within a C program by calling the ps command with a system or exec call. Or you can find the source code for ps and take a look at how they do it and use the C code in the ps source to develop your own routine.
 

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term::ansi::code(3tcl)						 Terminal control					    term::ansi::code(3tcl)

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NAME
term::ansi::code - Helper for control sequences SYNOPSIS
package require Tcl 8.4 package require term::ansi::code ?0.1? ::term::ansi::code::esc str ::term::ansi::code::escb str ::term::ansi::code::define name escape code ::term::ansi::code::const name code _________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION
This package provides commands enabling the definition of control sequences in an easy manner. ::term::ansi::code::esc str This command returns the argument string, prefixed with the ANSI escape character, "33." ::term::ansi::code::escb str This command returns the argument string, prefixed with a common ANSI escape sequence, "33[". ::term::ansi::code::define name escape code This command defines a procedure name which returns the control sequence code, beginning with the specified escape sequence, either esc, or escb. ::term::ansi::code::const name code This command defines a procedure name which returns the control sequence code. BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems. Please report such in the category term of the Tcllib SF Trackers [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883]. Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either package and/or documentation. KEYWORDS
control, declare, define, terminal CATEGORY
Terminal control COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2006 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net> term 0.1 term::ansi::code(3tcl)
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