Trace an extinct process

Linux and Unix-Like Linux
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Hi gurus,

Just wanted to know if there is any way to trace the PID of a process that has already completed it's job and exited.
My tomcat server was found in a hung state and we restarted it. Now we have found that someone has ran a kill -9 "pid" and wanted to know if it is the PID of tomcat.

Any insights is appreciated.

Thanks
HG

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There is no trace command which works on processes that don't exist.

Check tomcat's log files instead.