25 February, 2011

Zombie process

Does any one remember about zombie processes...
When a processes is stopped using Ctrl +Z is it called a zombie process? 
Read about it somewhere not sure if it is right.
Also check out these commands 
bg - Background
fg - Foreground
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  1. chandruFebruary 28, 2011 at 10:07 AM

    zombie process or defunct process is a process that has completed execution but still has an entry in the process table

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