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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 15:34:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: James Stern <jsternitg AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: cygtclsh80 doesn't clean up child processes
To: cygwin <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
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Under Cygwin B20:

   $ cygtclsh80
   % puts [exec ls]
   % exit

   $ ps

The `ps' command reveals that `ls' is still running. 
Worse, it's a zombie (parent process id = -1) so I
can't kill it.

When enough zombies accumulate, Cygwin won't let me do
anything more.  Does anyone have a zombie killer?

Sadly, the `signal' command is TclX and hence is not
available inside `cygtclsh80'.  Otherwise I would have
tried:

	$ cygtclsh80
	% signal trap SIGCHLD {[wait]};	# Untested
	% puts [exec ls]
	% exit
 
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