Re: Disabling core dumps (Was: Re: Customising RH Kernel)

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From: John B Murphy
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 00:00

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Hannu Hyvarinen <hannu@ils.net> wrote:
>On 22 Jan 1997 23:31:33 -0700, murphy@CS.Arizona.EDU (John B Murphy)
>wrote:
>>In bash, add "ulimit -c <corefilesize>" to /etc/profile.
>>
>>If you have (t)csh users, add "limit coredumpsize <corefilesize>" to
>>/etc/csh.cshrc.
>>
>>Set corefilesize to 0 and you won't get core files.
>>
>If it is that easy, why isn't it in the operating system as default.
>I guess in other words, is there a purpose for core files in the unix
>system?
>Hannu

A core dump is a snapshot of memory when your program fails.  This
can be invaluable to figuring out your bug.  This is even more true
when you get into writing concurrent programs.

-- Brian

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From: murphy@CS.Arizona.EDU (John B Murphy)
Subject: Re: Disabling core dumps (Was: Re: Customising RH Kernel)
Date: 1997/01/25
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