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Ksahil
Flight Engineer
Flight Engineer
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creating zombie process

Hi All,

Doing practice and creating a zombie process getting the below error.

[root@seRver3 tmp]# cat zomibe.c
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main ()
{
pid_t child_pid;

child_pid = fork ();
if (child_pid > 0) {
sleep (60);
}
else {
exit (0);
}
return 0;
}
[root@seRver3 tmp]# ls -l zomibe.c
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 205 Jun 19 23:46 zomibe.c
[root@seRver3 tmp]# source zomibe.c
-bash: zomibe.c: line 5: syntax error near unexpected token `('
-bash: zomibe.c: line 5: `int main ()'
[root@seRver3 tmp]#

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Please correct me or share the correct steps to practice.

Regards, Saahil

 

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Chetan_Tiwary_
Community Manager
Community Manager
  • 1,081 Views

Hi @Ksahil !

Thanks for reaching out !

Have you compiled the c program before running ? 

Ksahil
Flight Engineer
Flight Engineer
  • 1,076 Views

Thank you!! 

I skipped the step to compile the c program. Now it is working fine.

1. created zombie.c file.

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2. Installed the GCC package.

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3. Compiled the .c file.

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4. On top command, showing zombie process.

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5. Unable to kill the zombie process.

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Regards, Saahil

Tess
Flight Engineer
Flight Engineer
  • 1,043 Views

100% the solution.

Sourcing in the Linux shells, only works for files written in the language of that shell.

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