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Article #144detecting crash dumps on boot?
From: Christopher Kranz
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:57
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:57
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Is it possible to determine if a crash dump exists before /etc/savecore runs? What I'd like to do is determine if a crash dump exists on the swap device before /etc/savecore runs and then make room for the vmcore file that /etc/savecore creates by deleteing other files in the same file system. I've got a rather large scratch space where users keep large temporary files. I don't want to delete them if I don't have to, just when I need to make room for a crash dump. Any useful suggestions (or even guesses) would be appreciated. Thanks. Christopher Kranz clk@princeton.edu -- Christopher Kranz | internet: clk@Princeton.EDU Systems Programmer, UNIX Systems | BITNET: clk@PUCC Princeton University | UUCP: princeton!clk 87 Prospect Avenue, Room 200 | Voice: 609-258-6033/6000 Princeton, NJ 08544 | FAX: 609-258-3943 -- Christopher Kranz | internet: clk@Princeton.EDU Systems Programmer, UNIX Systems | BITNET: clk@PUCC Princeton University | UUCP: princeton!clk 87 Prospect Avenue, Room 200 | Voice: 609-258-6033/6000
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.admin Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!princeton!ernie.Princeton.EDU!clk From: clk@ernie.Princeton.EDU (Christopher Kranz) Subject: detecting crash dumps on boot? Message-ID: <1993Jan12.155743.11378@Princeton.EDU> Originator: news@nimaster Sender: news@Princeton.EDU (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: ernie.princeton.edu Organization: Princeton University Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:57:43 GMT Lines: 27