From: ts Date: 2002-05-05T22:30:03+09:00 Subject: Re: defunct child process >>>>> "D" == David Corbin writes: D> What's the correct way to clean this up? What's the best way to know D> that a particular child process has completed? You must call Process::wait On some systems, setting CHLD to IGNORE has the effect of not creating zombie process if the parent fail to call wait() Guy Decoux