From: Steven W. Orr on
On 6/10/2010 11:40 AM, Chris Seberino wrote:

> Even if zombies are created, they will eventually get dealt with my OS
> w/o any user intervention needed right?

Bad approach. Years ago I inherited a server that didn't do a proper cleanup pf
its slaves. After a few days running, people discovered that the machine
performance was seriously degrading. I was called in and found that there were
around 10,000 defunct processes (not zombies).

Remember boys and girls. Neatness counts.

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