test/java/lang/ProcessBuilder/Zombies.java

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/*
 * @test
 * @bug 6474073
 * @summary Make sure zombies don't get created on Unix
 * @author Martin Buchholz
 */

import java.io.*;

public class Zombies {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
        if (! new File("/usr/bin/perl").canExecute() ||
            ! new File("/bin/ps").canExecute())
            return;
        System.out.println("Looks like a Unix system.");
        final Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();

        try {
            rt.exec("no-such-file");
            throw new Error("expected IOException not thrown");
        } catch (IOException _) {/* OK */}

        try {
            rt.exec(".");
            throw new Error("expected IOException not thrown");
        } catch (IOException _) {/* OK */}

        try {
            rt.exec("/bin/true", null, new File("no-such-dir"));
            throw new Error("expected IOException not thrown");
        } catch (IOException _) {/* OK */}

        rt.exec("/bin/true").waitFor();

        // Count all the zombies that are children of this Java process
        final String[] zombieCounter = {
            "/usr/bin/perl", "-e",
            "exit @{[`/bin/ps -eo ppid,s` =~ /^ *@{[getppid]} +Z$/mog]}"
        };

        int zombies = rt.exec(zombieCounter).waitFor();
        if (zombies != 0) throw new Error(zombies + " zombies!");
    }
}