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in reply to When I die, I will...

Become a zombie, unless my parent process waits on me!

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Re^2: When I die, I will...
by monoi (Initiate) on Jul 07, 2011 at 21:09 UTC
    Ah, but what if your parent has set $SIG{'CHLD'} = 'IGNORE';?
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