cheng wrote:

> Hi:
> On my AIX 4.3.1, I can see some processes with the name "[]", and their
> parent process is 1. I using 'kill -9' can't kill them. If they used the
> resouse of the pty, then the pty can't be used. how can I deal with them?

Actually, they're already dead, and the exit status is waiting to
be harvested. There was likely a fix for this problem, but it's
inclear whether it is available. 4.3.1 is remarkably old.

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