From: "Paul Ranson" 

I suppose they'd be definitively antique now.... But I suspect that much of
that part of the relationship between user/kernel on the various
derivatives of Unix still running remains.

Paul

"Thees Peereboom"  wrote in message
news:op.sxnp89j92hvhrx{at}news.barkto.com...
> Paul,
>
> Ultrix, haven't heard that for a long time - wasn't that running on the
> old VAX'es?
>
> - Thees Peereboom
>
>
> On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 16:14:42 +0200, Paul Ranson  wrote:
>
>> It can help to have an understanding of what is happening, what 'kill'
>> does
>> etc. Although we're in the wrong room for that discussion.
>>
>> Some time ago when I worked on BSD based Ultrix systems we used to slowly
>> accumulate processes that were killed yet refused to actually depart. The
>> only way out was a reboot.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> "Frank Haber"  wrote in message
>> news:43342972$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> >The process is killed and will terminate when it is unblocked.
>>>
>>> What is this, some sort of Zen Kill, then?  Do I have to
redefine "kill"
>>> as a concept?  It's not dead, Jim?
>>>
>>>
>>> -zombie
>>
>>
>

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