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Re: <defunct> processes under Win9x...
- To: cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: <defunct> processes under Win9x...
- From: Chris Faylor <cgf at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 16:50:25 -0400
- References: <20000605202655.24563.qmail@web208.mail.yahoo.com>
- Reply-To: cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 01:26:55PM -0700, Ken Coleman wrote:
>I understand that this is difficult to debug from an strace log. I was
>just hoping that the new information would spark some "a-ha!" in you
>that would make the fix easy :). I'll be working on it more tonight,
>but for now I have a little more information.
>
>I'm attempting to attach to the process, and all I get is "Can't attach
>to process.". I've attempted to run "gdb filename process-id", and
>done it within GDB with the appropriate commands.
>
>One other minor piece of the puzzle - Cygwin refuses to kill the
><defunct> process ID. When I attempt this, it says:
>
> PID TTY STIME COMMAND
> 1000 -1 13:22:30
>/USR/LOCAL/RXVT-2.7.2-W32C/RXVT.EXE
> 1001 0 13:22:31 /usr/bin/BASH.EXE
> 1011 0 13:22:58 /USR/LOCAL/APACHE/BIN/HTTPD.EXE
> 1013 0 13:23:04 <defunct>
> 1014 0 13:23:06 /usr/bin/PS.EXE
>/usr/local/apache/bin $ kill -9 1013
>bash: kill: (1013) - No such pid
>/usr/local/apache/bin $
>
>I have also tried attaching to other processes, and it gives me the
>same error.
>
>Any thoughts?
You need to provide the Windows PID not the cygwin pid.
There isno guarantee, btw that the <defunct> process actually exists.
It actually shouldn't exist. A defunct process is a process which has
a parent that exists that has not yet performed a "wait" on the child.
cgf
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