<defunct> processes

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:55:40 -0700 (MST)
Robert Ambrose <rna@muttsoft.com> wrote:

> The bonus question is: in the former example if the parent process is
> killed (SIGINT/keyboard interrupt for example), what process picks up the
> status from the zombie process?

init (pid 1).

When this happens, the zombie will be buried (so to speak).

Kevin