Automatic "zombie" processes killing (shell script)

Date: August 17, 2007. Categories: linux, shell and tips.

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Here is a shell script example that can be run by cron for automatic killing of “zombie” processes in Linux system:



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1 Hank
Sep 20th, 2007 at 11:28 pm

Thanks for the script. Works great. I needed for a Rails reaper, I’m fork/exec for background jobs for a quick and dirty method. Helps alot.
2 artiomix
Sep 21st, 2007 at 5:11 am

Hi Hank,

Nice to know that! Thanks for commenting

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