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> From: Ted Gervais[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 24 August 1999 13:40
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: KCORE file...
>
> In my /proc directory I have a bunch of files and they are nearly all '0'
> bit except one; and it is LARGE. Here is what I see (in part)..
>
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 24 08:36 interrupts
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 24 08:36 ioports
> -r-------- 1 root root 134221824 Aug 24 07:55 kcore
> -r-------- 1 root root 0 Aug 23 22:15 kmsg
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 24 08:36 ksyms
>
> Kcore is over 134 megs large, and it really does occupy this much space.
> Does this appear normal. Why is this file so large? How do I reduce it or
> kill it? I tried booting things up with rescue disks and then deleted
> that file. I then rebooted normally and it was back. It just seems odd to
> have such a large file there which I never noticed before. And of course I
> would like to recover that drive space.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
AFAIK /proc is a virtual filesystem. Files in this filesystem are largely
none-existing. IIRC /proc/kcore is just an image. It does not occupy any
space on your disk.
Anybody, please correct me if I'm wrong.
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> Ted Gervais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 44.135.34.254 gw.ve1drg.ampr.org
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