Re: Fork and zombies
| From: | Per Jessen | Date: | Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:56:50 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Fork and zombies | ||
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Waynn Lue wrote:
>> > While this works, it unfortunately leaves behind a zombie process
>> > every single time.
>>
>> You need to call pcntl_wait() or pcntl_waitpid().
>>
>
> Right, but if I do that, then the parent has to wait until the child
> completes before it exits.
No it doesn't - just call pcntl_wait() with WNOHANG to check the status
of a child.
/Per
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Per Jessen, Zürich (6.5°C)