Hello and thanks for replying,
i was actually running a script for creating directories in the fs.I terminated 
the process because the script couldn't run, but now it's fine.
Does this mean that i have done something wrong?
Thanks, in advance

> Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:28:13 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Pvfs2-users] What does [pvfs2-mkdir] <defunct> mean?
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> CC: [email protected]
> 
> Looks like something didnt close properly when you were executing pvfs2-mkdir.
> 
> Are you doing anything custom to the fs?
> 
> 
> from `man ps`
> 
>        Processes marked <defunct> are dead processes (so-called "zombies")
>        that remain because their parent has not destroyed them properly. These
>        processes will be destroyed by init(8) if the parent process exits.
> 
> 
> Kyle Schochenmaier
> 
> 
> On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 2:01 PM, g_p g_p <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > i'm trying to create some directories and when i execute the following 
> > command i have:
> >
> > ps auwwx|grep pvfs2
> >
> > root      6722  0.0  0.0      0     0 pts/0    Z    13:53   0:00 
> > [pvfs2-mkdir] <defunct>
> > root     14430  0.2  0.1  47724  2924 ?        Ssl  17:13   0:18 
> > /usr/sbin/pvfs2-server /etc/pvfs2-fs.conf -a client1
> > user 15733  0.0  0.0  61176   732 pts/1    S+   19:37   0:00 grep pvfs2
> >
> > What does " [pvfs2-mkdir] <defunct>" mean?
> >
> > Thanks, in advance
> >
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