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Newer page: | version 8 | Last edited on Saturday, September 11, 2004 3:43:49 pm | by CraigBox | |
Older page: | version 4 | Last edited on Saturday, October 26, 2002 1:30:08 pm | by SamCannell | Revert |
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A zombie is:
-1. A rum drink:
+1. A __
rum drink__
:
* 2 1/2 oz Light rum
* 1 oz Jamaica rum
* 1/2 oz Apricot flavored brandy
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@
* juice of one orange
* 1 tsp powdered sugar
* 1/2 oz 151-proof rum
-2. An UnDead
creature that feeds on the brains of the living. See also: ZombieHuntingForDummies
+2. __
An Undead
creature__
that feeds on the brains of the living.
-3. On a [unix
] system, a [process
] that has called exit(), but whose parent process has not yet called the wait() function to be notified of its termination.
+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.__
-Note that although zombie processes will show up in [
ps]
and [
top]
, the only resource they use is an entry in the process table; they cannot be allocated memory or CPU time.
+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.
The only way to get rid of a zombie process is to either kill the parent process, or convince it to call wait().
Pressing the i key in top will tell it not to display idle and zombie processes.
-Want to know more? Have a look at the manpages for ps, top and wait.
+Want to know more? Have a look at ZombieProcess or
the manpages for ps(1)
, top(1)
and wait(2)
.