Update: I have another case of hang:
?(1)-+-bash(1419290) |-bash(1419318)---make(1423770)---sh(1423783)---sh(1423838) |-mintty(1249269)---bash(1249277) |-mintty(47)---bash(55)---bash(1132827)---make(1139169)---sh(1139182)---make(1139234)---sh(1206695)---sh(1206721)---make(1206764)---sh(1206770)---make(1206783)---perl(1249042) |-mintty(596773)---bash(596790)---pstree(1423865) `-mintty(1417449)---bash(1417457) $ ps aux | grep 1249042 1249042 1206783 1132827 1249050 pty0 197608 Oct 31 /usr/bin/perl 1249077 1249042 1132827 1249092 pty0 197608 Oct 31 /usr/bin/nm <defunct> Here the process perl(1249042) is waiting for a pipe, while its child process nm(1249077) is in the status "defunct". nm(1249077) appears in output of `ps aux`, but doesn't appear in output of `pstree -p -l`. Is there any case, where a child process can exit unexpected, but the parent process still incorrectly wait for the child process forever? Thanks! -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple