At 06:55 PM 26/08/99 , you wrote:
>Ian White wrote:
> >
> > How can I increase the size of the core? It gets set to 0 and regardless of
> > what I try it won't go higher... I can't find anything in /etc that sets it
> > to 0.
>
>help ulimit
[iwhite@pentium iwhite]$ ulimit -H -a
core file size (blocks) 0
data seg size (kbytes) unlimited
file size (blocks) unlimited
max locked memory (kbytes) unlimited
max memory size (kbytes) unlimited
open files 1024
pipe size (512 bytes) 8
stack size (kbytes) unlimited
cpu time (seconds) unlimited
max user processes 256
virtual memory (kbytes) unlimited
[iwhite@pentium iwhite]$ ulimit -a
core file size (blocks) 0
data seg size (kbytes) unlimited
file size (blocks) unlimited
max locked memory (kbytes) unlimited
max memory size (kbytes) unlimited
open files 1024
pipe size (512 bytes) 8
stack size (kbytes) 8192
cpu time (seconds) unlimited
max user processes 256
virtual memory (kbytes) unlimited
[iwhite@pentium iwhite]$ ulimit -c 1000000
bash: ulimit: cannot modify limit: Operation not permitted
Like I said.. I've checked through /etc and there doesnt seem to be
anything setting a hard limit of 0.. I've tried both bash and tcsh as
shells and tried to change the limits with no luck.
Ian