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[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Parents ~~killing~~ reaping their zombie children was a favorite one of mine.

[-] fubo@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

You don't kill zombies; a zombie is already dead. You wait for or reap zombies. (A zombie process is just a process table entry with its exit status; it goes away once the parent process has read that exit status.)

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Haha, yup, you're right; had a brain fart.

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