Re: timeouts, zombies, and shellcommands

[Adrian Phillips]

>>>>> "Darrell" == Darrell Fuhriman <darrell@grumblesmurf.net> writes:

    Darrell> Note that here, also, the wait4() is being called on a
    Darrell> bogus pid -- only this time the correct thing happens,
    Darrell> and ECHILD is returned.

    Darrell> I would also point out that on every single consecutive
    Darrell> wait4(), the exact same pid is used as the argument.

Then, unless anybody suggests something else, I'd suggest hacking in
some debug output or running through gdb to see what is happening,

Sincerely,

Adrian Phillips

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