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[–] TheTechnician27 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Parents ~~killing~~ reaping their zombie children was a favorite one of mine.

[–] fubo 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You don't kill zombies; a zombie is already dead. You wait for or reap zombies. (A zombie process is just a process table entry with its exit status; it goes away once the parent process has read that exit status.)

[–] TheTechnician27 7 points 2 months ago

Haha, yup, you're right; had a brain fart.