[plug] defunct process won't die

[Steve Grasso]

On Wed, 09 Aug 2000, Mike Holland wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Steve Grasso wrote:
> 
> > Your question really relates to a similar question "How do I kill a zombie
> > process"
> 
> You cant. A zombie process is already dead. 

Y..e..s.....but you can clean them up.

>The only resource it uses is
> an entry in the process table, so unless you have hundreds of them ,dont
> worry. 

OK. If that's the only downside of zombie processes on the system, fair
enough. 

> Though you might ask, why hasnt its parent seen it? The parent is
> probably in trouble.

The parent, Netscape, is certainly in trouble according to Dave's original
post. I think he's wanting to kill/restart Netscape clean, and kill's not
doing the job.

Regards,
Steve