Re: !!!HELP!!! Zombies claim Sparc 2 running Solaris 2.5

"Bert Lee Medley" <medleyb_at_logica.com> writes:

>
> We have a continuously running process, written in C, that connects to an
> ORACLE database, performs a set of tasks, disconnects, and then sleeps a
> while using the Solaris C sleep function. No special accommodations are
> made for sleep. The machine is filling up with <defunct> processes as a
> result of this code!
>
> Doea anyone have any ideas why the <defunct> processes are created and how
> to prevent them from birthing?

man wait Received on Thu Jun 12 1997 - 00:00:00 CEST