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ZOMBIE KILLER
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This module kills zombies. Why? Because someone said "Bet Drupal can't kill
zombies". How wrong can you be.

Zombie killer lets you kill (reap) zombie processes on UNIX-like systems,
using either a shovel (kill -s SIGCHLD) or a sledgehammer (kill -9). In order
for this to actually work, Apache must have the licence to kill.

This project was just for fun. But who knows, it might even be useful one day.


WARNING
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You should not use this module unless you understand the consequences of
killing processes. Killing zombie processes or their parents can cause serious
trouble. So think twice before going on a killing spree!


MORE INFORMATION
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- Learn the background to this sillyness at
  http://www.sheenadonnelly.net/blog/archive/2009/challenge-my-father.

- Read Wikipedia's article on zombie processes at
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_process.

- Continue reading at the aptly named blog, Zombie Process, at
  http://zombieprocess.wordpress.com/what-is-a-zombie-process/


MAINTAINERS
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Joakim Stai (ximo), developer
Dick Olsson (dixon_), accomplice