On Fri, 31 May 2002 15:42:59 +1000 James McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> which reminds me how do you automatically kill of dead processes? I found > that I had quite a few that were still in the list and hadn't been used for 2 > days .... What do you mean by "dead processes?" If you are talking about zombies, processes with "Z" in their status line, they are already dead, so you can't kill them. Zombies aren't using any system resources except for an entry in the process table. A few zombies, while annoying, doesn't really affect the system, but if you have oodles, it can become a problem because process table entries are a finite quantity -- when you're out of entries, the kernel can't start any more processes and you have to reboot. In such a case, the kernel isn't the problem; rather, the program creating zombies is and should be fixed or removed from your system. Kurt -- Your lucky number has been disconnected. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
