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Old 6th November 2008
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Default <defunct> pid?

I am starting to get a build up of these processes. Is there any way to tell whats causing them or how to get rid of them?


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77168  v0  Z      0:06.30 <defunct>
79174  v0  Z      0:11.64 <defunct>
88333  v0  Z      0:18.63 <defunct>
25197  v0  Z      0:07.95 <defunct>
63883  v0  Z      0:04.74 <defunct>
63936  v0  Z      0:06.13 <defunct>
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kill pid, where pid is process id
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the process state of "Z" in the ps o/p indicates that its a zombie process.

this happens when a process terminates but its parent process hasn't wait(2)'ed for it to get its termination status.

you can find out the parent process responsible for the zombies: ps -o ppid,pid,stat,comm

> how to get rid of them?

you don't need to do anything. they will disappear when the parent waits for it or else when the parent terminates.
Alternatively, you can try sending SIGCHLD to the parent.

> whats causing them

could be a bug in the program.

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