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Old 12-17-2010, 10:02 AM   #1
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What happens to a child process that dies and has no parent process to wait for it and what’s bad about this?
 
Old 12-17-2010, 10:08 AM   #2
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Smells like homework to me -- like the OP's other threads, all posted in the last 30 minutes.
 
Old 12-17-2010, 02:50 PM   #3
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What happens to a child process that dies and has no parent process to wait for it and what’s bad about this?
So you've shown us your need! What's your deed?
Your verbatim queries do indicate that your posts are homework type queries. What's the problem with approaching your instructor with these questions?

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