• Equinox1289@sh.itjust.works
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    8 hours ago

    Or the process terminology: “How to kill parent?” “How to spawn child?” “How to terminate zombie child?” Kinda forked if you ask me.

    • Carrot@lemmy.today
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      8 hours ago

      My worst search was “How to kill orphaned child” I didn’t even think about how it sounded until I saw it typed out in the search box lol

    • libewa@feddit.org
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      7 hours ago

      If the parent was waiting on the child, it is notified of the exit status and the child dies immediately. ~ man exit(3)