what happens to child process?

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What happens to a child process whose parent process is terminated abruptly without waiting? Does the child process die too?

How to make child process die after parent exits? See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/284325/how-to-make-child-process-die-after-parent-exits — Klas Lindbäck, Jul 29 '15 at 07:50

score 13 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 15 '11 at 14:43

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answered Apr 15 '11 at 14:43

And, to add to this, that means you need not fear about it walking as a living dead (zombie), because init waitpids. – Damon Apr 16 '11 at 23:14

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 15 '11 at 14:45

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No, it becomes 'orphaned' (i.e. its parent becomes init - PID 1).

answered Apr 15 '11 at 14:45

trojanfoe

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