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Mario Storti |
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Re: zombie "ls" |
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Thu, 28 Nov 1996 09:02:14 -0300 |
>>>>> Thu, 28 Nov 1996 10:42:57 +0000 (GMT)
address@hidden (Ted Harding)
> Hi Folks,
>
> I don't usually run "ls" from within octave, preferring to observe disk
> life through a different window, so hadn't noticed this one before.
>
> But this time I noticed, after "ps -ax":
>
> 6851 pp2 Z < 0:00 (ls) <zombie>
> 6854 pp2 Z < 0:00 (ls) <zombie>
> 6855 pp2 Z < 0:00 (ls) <zombie>
> 6968 pp2 Z < 0:00 (ls) <zombie>
> 8149 pp2 Z < 0:00 (ls) <zombie>
>
> and, in fact, each time I execute the octave command "ls" I get a new
> zombie process. ("pp2" = ttyp2 is the octave window).
>
> Since "ls is a builtin text-function [to] print a directory listing", one
> feels that it should not be creating zombies. Or does this only happen on
> some OS's (Linux in my case)?
>
> Yours curiously,
> Ted. (address@hidden)
This happens also in my Linux 1.1.59 system, Octave 1.1.1.
Mario
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