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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=686102622-29012009><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>I think that might be an artifact from AIX. Hobbit
launches processes every 5 minutes that end. AIX keeps them around in the
process list as "defunct" instead of just getting rid of
them.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=686102622-29012009><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>GLH</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Ginny Jaworski
[mailto:Ginny.Jaworski@marist.edu] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 29, 2009
4:15 PM<BR><B>To:</B> hobbit@hswn.dk<BR><B>Subject:</B> [hobbit] Hobbit
Generating Defunct Processes <BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I have Hobbit running on a IBM P6
lpar, with AIX 5.3 installed. It seems about every 3-4 minutes a
'defunct' process is started by hobbit. I have tried uninstalling and
re-installing Hobbit, and rebooting the server. The defunct processes
are still being generated. Does anyone have any idea on what is causing
this? Thanks for your help.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>Here's a sample of the ps output:</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2> 50307 Z hobbit 331868 0
0 38 rt
0:00
<defunct></FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2> 50307 Z
hobbit 344096 0 0 38 rt
0:00 <defunct></FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2> 50307 Z hobbit 348368
0 0 38 rt
0:00 <defunct></FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>
50307 Z hobbit 372982 0 0 38 rt
0:00
<defunct></FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2> 50307 Z
hobbit 376944 0 0 38 rt
0:00 <defunct></FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2> 50307 Z hobbit 385200
0 0 38 rt
0:00 <defunct></FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>
50307 Z hobbit 389226 0 0 38 rt
0:00
<defunct></FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2> 50307 Z
hobbit 393276 0 0 38 rt
0:00 <defunct></FONT>
<BR><BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Ginny
Jaworski<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>