On 18 October 2016 at 10:47, samermakadicy <notifications@github.com> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Dear Sir/Madam,<br>
><br>
> I was programming in C using Geany Text Editor on a Unix device today and<br>
> found an issue you might find interesting to resolve.<br>
><br>
> During the C program, the fork() command was used to create a parent and a<br>
> child process. With the intent to explore the capabilities of the Unix<br>
> operating system to handle defunct processes (a.k.a. zombie processes), a<br>
> zombie process was created. Using bash and the “ps” command to view all the<br>
> processes running on the system, it was notable that two processes related<br>
> to Geany were found, namely “Geany” and “Geany (defunct)”.<br>
><br>
> Following the zombie process that was created, bash was used to try and<br>
> eliminate the defunct process. With many attempts and the use of different<br>
> Unix commands, the defunct process could not be eliminated. However,<br>
> eliminating the “Geany” process could eliminate the “Geany (defunct)”<br>
> process as well.<br>
><br>
> Whenever Geany was opened from the Unix terminal, the defunct process<br>
> immediately reappeared on the system. By default, rebooting/shutting down<br>
> the system eliminates all zombie processes. This approach was introduced in<br>
> my case, but as soon as I tried to open my .c file using Geany from the<br>
> terminal, the defunct process also reappeared.<br>
><br>
> For more details about the system I am running, please find the details<br>
> below:<br>
> Geany Version: geany 0.21<br>
><br>
<br>
Unfortunately Geany 0.21 is over five years old and no longer supported.<br>
Please try with a newer version of Geany.<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
Lex<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
> GTK Version: 2.24.10<br>
> OS: Linux version 3.2.0-31-generic x86_64<br>
><br>
> Looking forward to hearing from you soon.<br>
><br>
> Kind Regards,<br>
> Samer Makadicy<br>
><br>
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