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Re: programming questions. topics process , signals , IPC



guy keren <choo@actcom.co.il> writes:

> On Tue, 11 May 1999 Nezer.Zaidenberg@ecitele.com wrote:
> 
> > how can I convince child process not to send SIGCHLD to the father (and thus not
> > remain zombie)?
> 
> if i remember correctly, you could simply set the signal handler of SIGCHL
> to SIGIGN (ignore), and then child processes are 'ripped off'
> automatically by the system (at least according to w. richard stevens).

Correct - that's in the parent. In the child, however, there is no way 
to "convince" it not to send SIGCH?LD - the system does it.


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