On 4/12/2010 1:57 AM, Mensanator wrote:
Likewise, I usually don't shut down
when I leave work, so I can't allow orphaned processes to accumulate
eating up CPU and memory.
So don't.
Orphaned processes only accumulate when you use Restart Shell to abandon
a process stuck in an infinite loop. I personally very seldom do that.
Otherwise, the old process dies in a few seconds and the number of
pythonw processes drops back down from 3 to the normal 2.
As I already said, either roboot or use TaskManager to kill such
zombies. When I had a unix desktop machine, I routinely used the command
line equivalents ps (process status) and kill to do the same thing.
Terry Jan Reedy
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