Using recycled bits, Alvaro M. Piffaretti said:
% Hi all,
%
% Everything I have read about states that core dumps files should be
% core.prgfile where prgfile, after the dot would be the program that
% caused the segmentation fault.
% Well, I have two slackware installations (3.1 and 3.4) and kernels
% 2.0.30 and 2.0.34, but in both of them when I get a core dump
% the filename is just 'core'.
I believe the default used to be just plain "core." The "core.X"
nomenclature is definitely more useful, but my understanding is
(possibly fault) that the newer core.X naming convention is just
that, newer and not yet widely adopted.
% The same for faulty programs written in C.
% Now I am troubleshooting a core dump that I guess is from a KDE
% component, and that feature could help me.
% Does anyone know if there is an env. var or something like that
% that could be responsible for that ?
Don't know.
--
Kurt Wall
Informix on Linux FAQ - http://www.xmission.com/~kwall/iolfaq.html
Spanish Translation - http://www.xmission.com/~kwall/iolfaqsp.html
