From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!presby!burdvax!puder
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Title: Re: ?
Article-I.D.: burdvax.565
Posted: Tue Feb 15 14:46:20 1983
Received: Sun Feb 20 12:35:34 1983
References: wivax.6733

 processes are not responsive to signals because they are not
there.  They show up in ps output because some action is still pending
regarding them.  Examples of this are: output from the process that is still
buffered, parent processes that have not yet been signalled that the
 process has exited.  The output buffer can be cleared by doing
(stty raw; stty -raw) > /dev/ttyXX (at least one of entering/leaving raw
mode clears the tty buffer).  Others reading this can probably tell of other
details.

Karl Puder   burdvax!puder   SDC-aBC, R & D   Paoli, Pa.   (215)648-7555