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Re: fork exits prematurely leaving zombies

by zude (Scribe)
on May 11, 2004 at 22:57 UTC ( [id://352615]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to fork exits prematurely leaving zombies

So the parent forks C, then forks B, then does A. When A is finished, then B and C will be reaped, meanwhile if they are already done then they are zombies.

Would be cleaner to:

if (!fork) { <process A>; exit }
if (!fork) { <process B>; exit }
if (!fork) { <process C>; exit }
# parent waits for A, B, and C
1 while wait() > 0;

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Re: Re: fork exits prematurely leaving zombies
by perllearner (Novice) on May 13, 2004 at 01:10 UTC
    thanks zude and steve for your responses. i think i now got it working (hopefully).
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