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From: "Jakob Østergaard" <jakob@unthought.net>
To: Martin Dalecki <dalecki@evision-ventures.com>
Cc: Michael Sinz <msinz@wgate.com>,
	Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Core dump file control
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 13:32:57 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020215133257.G23673@unthought.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3C6BE18F.7B849129@wgate.com> <20020215124036.C23673@unthought.net> <3C6CF4AA.8040808@evision-ventures.com> <20020215131320.E23673@unthought.net> <3C6CFD7A.30503@evision-ventures.com>
In-Reply-To: <3C6CFD7A.30503@evision-ventures.com>; from dalecki@evision-ventures.com on Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 01:22:18PM +0100

On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 01:22:18PM +0100, Martin Dalecki wrote:
> Jakob Østergaard wrote:
..
> 
> >And having process names is nicer than having PIDs - I don't mind if my core
> >files are over-written on subsequent runs, actually it's nice (keeps the disks
> >from filling up).
> >
> They can get long and annoying... They are not suitable for short name 
> filesystems... They provide a good
> hint for deliberate overwrites.... and so on. Basically I think this 
> would be too much of the good.

That is your oppinion, and I disagree.

And that is *exactly* why the suggested patch is so great - we just keep
the "core" name the default, and allow the user to set the name as he
pleases.


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:   jakob@unthought.net   : And I see the elder races,         :
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  reply	other threads:[~2002-02-15 12:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-02-14 16:10 [PATCH] Core dump file control Michael Sinz
2002-02-15 11:40 ` Jakob Østergaard
2002-02-15 11:44   ` Martin Dalecki
2002-02-15 12:11     ` Michael Sinz
2002-02-15 12:13     ` Jakob Østergaard
2002-02-15 12:22       ` Martin Dalecki
2002-02-15 12:32         ` Jakob Østergaard [this message]
2002-02-15 12:55         ` Michael Sinz
2002-02-15 12:06   ` Michael Sinz
     [not found] <3C6BE18F.7B849129@wgate.com.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
2002-02-14 16:37 ` Andi Kleen
     [not found] ` <363c044a047f1f07d2@[192.168.1.4]>
2002-02-14 17:09   ` Michael Sinz
     [not found] <361c88b8047e6c07d2@[192.168.1.4]>
2002-02-14 17:53 ` Michael Sinz
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-02-15 17:57 Michael Sinz
2002-02-15 19:07 ` Michael Sinz
2002-02-16 17:37 ` Horst von Brand
2002-02-17 14:36   ` Michael Sinz

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