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Explanation of what a zombie process in Linux is, how to create one and what happens if there is one.

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[–] peterhorvath@mastodon.de 1 points 3 days ago

@thingsiplay Yes, you are right. I think you could trace the parent, by a gdb, and then execute a wait() in its name.