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4 SamCannell 1 A zombie is:
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8 CraigBox 3 1. A __rum drink__:
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5 * 2 1/2 oz Light rum
6 * 1 oz Jamaica rum
7 * 1/2 oz Apricot flavored brandy
8 * 1 oz unsweetened pineapple juice
9 * 1 oz passion fruit syrup
10 * juice of 1 lime
11 * juice of one orange
12 * 1 tsp powdered sugar
13 * 1/2 oz 151-proof rum
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8 CraigBox 15 2. __An Undead creature__ that feeds on the brains of the living.
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8 CraigBox 17 3. On a [Unix] system, __a [Process] that has called exit(3), but whose parent process has not yet called the wait() function to be notified of its termination.__
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5 CraigBox 19 Note that although zombie processes will show up in ps(1) and top(1), the only resource they use is an entry in the process table; they cannot be allocated memory or CPU time.
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21 The only way to get rid of a zombie process is to either kill the parent process, or convince it to call wait().
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23 Pressing the i key in top will tell it not to display idle and zombie processes.
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6 JohnMcPherson 25 Want to know more? Have a look at ZombieProcess or the manpages for ps(1), top(1) and wait(2).
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