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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
:)how do we list zombie processes in unix server??? :confused: (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: nikhil jain
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2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
What is the overhead associated with zombie process?Is it running out of process-ID?:confused:
Since some information is stored in process table..
Thanks in Advance (4 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I had issues with processes locking up. This script checks for processes and kills them if they are older than a certain time.
Its uses some functions you'll need to define or remove, like slog() which I use for logging, and is_running() which checks if this script is already running so you can... (0 Replies)
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4. AIX
Is there an equivilant to the preap command in AIX that would allow me to get rid of a zombie process. I am new to AIX, moving over from Solaris and in the past I have been able to preap the pid on the defunct process to clean them up. I have looked around and the best I can see is that it may... (3 Replies)
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5. Red Hat
Hey,
I've got a program that fork's a list of child processes, and keeps their pid's in a list.
After the parent finishes it's main business logic, it needs to check which child already finished - and when.
Is it possible - using waitpid or any other func\syscall - get this information... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: sternr
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I need help because I don't know if it is possible to add a find inside a cat.
like I have a file with the pid of the process that use to became zombie. And I have the same pid stored in the var (pid1)
now, I have no clue how to check if the the find finds the pid or even if it's... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: ruben.rodrigues
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
can some one please explain
zombie
orphan
defunct
and how they r related (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: pbsrinivas
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8. Programming
main()
{
pid_t child;
child=fork();
if(child > 0)
{sleep(60);
}
else
{exit(0);
}
}
the above code will create zombie process,which will be adopted by init as soon as parent process will dies.Can any one gimme a code or an alogrithm to keep this zombie proocess alive even after... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: anilchowdhury
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9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Is there a way to monitor certain processes and if they hang too long to kill them, but certain scripts which are expected to take a long time to let them go?
Thank you
Richard (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: ukndoit
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10. Programming
hi
i m writin a program in which i keep track of all the child processes the program has generated and if a child process has an abnormal termination i need to do certain task related to that child process.
for handlin child process i used waitpid:
temp_cpid=waitpid(-1,&stat,WUNTRACED);
... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: mridula
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