Re: [PATCH] Core dump file control

Jakob Østergaard
2002-02-15T12:13:39Z

On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 12:44:42PM +0100, Martin Dalecki wrote:
> Jakob Østergaard wrote:
...
> >
> >What I want is "core.[process name]" eventually with a ".[pid]" appended. A
> >flexible scheme like your patch implements is very nice. Actually having
> >the core files in CWD is fine for me - I mainly care about the file name.
> >
>
> Please execute the size command on the core fiel:
>
> size core
>
> to see why this isn't needed.
>

Huh ?

I suppose you mean, that I can get the name of the executable that caused the
core dump, when running size - right ?

Well, you can do that easier with the file command.

But that doesn't prevent my 7 other processes from overwriting the core file
of the 8'th process which was the first one to crash. Multi-process systems
can, on occation, produce such "domino dumps". Separate names is a *must have*.

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).

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