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From: davidsen@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Need help with SCO: the process that would not die.
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Date: Mon, 30-Nov-87 16:18:09 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 30 16:18:09 1987
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Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY
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Keywords: ps kill process SCO xenix
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I believe that the process which won't die and is not a zombie has an
i/o outstanding.  The kernel thinks the i/o will terminate and it
doesn't.  Lost interrupt? This may have nothing to do with your problem,
but I have seen it on other systems. 

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