Lars wrote:
> But the second question still stands, is there a generic way to prevent
> the formation of zombies? The cause in this specific case is a
> perl-based CGI script called by apache2.
The easiest way might be to let perl auto-reap the children for you.
It's as simple as prepending this
> How are zombies best dealt with, correctively?
Sorry to answer my own question. The solution was to find the parent
process and kill it.
But the second question still stands, is there a generic way to prevent
the formation of zombies? The cause in this specific case is a
perl-based CGI script
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