16:49:26 <lewis> how do you remove zombie processes?
16:50:29 <dondelelcaro> you don't
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16:50:54 <dondelelcaro> !zombies
16:50:54 <dpkg> A zombie process is one which has issued an exit(), but whose parent has not yet issued wait() (or one of its variants) to retrieve the exit code.  This usually means the parent 
                process is buggy.  You can't kill a zombie, because it's already dead; you have to kill the parent, or just ignore the zombie.
16:51:44 <dondelelcaro> (there's no realy reason to worry about zombies unless you have so many that you're running out of pids
16:51:54 <dondelelcaro> they take almost no resources
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16:54:38 <lewis2> how can I remove zombie processes? (apologies if repeat - lost connection)