cygtclsh80 doesn't clean up child processes

Thu Sep 9 15:33:00 GMT 1999

Under Cygwin B20:
 $ cygtclsh80
 % puts [exec ls]
 % exit
 $ ps
The `ps' command reveals that `ls' is still running. 
Worse, it's a zombie (parent process id = -1) so I
can't kill it.
When enough zombies accumulate, Cygwin won't let me do
anything more. Does anyone have a zombie killer?
Sadly, the `signal' command is TclX and hence is not
available inside `cygtclsh80'. Otherwise I would have
tried:
	$ cygtclsh80
	% signal trap SIGCHLD {[wait]};	# Untested
	% puts [exec ls]
	% exit
 
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