On Sat, 09 Oct 1999, Tom Gilbert wrote:
>* Rik Osborne ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>> On Friday, October 8, 1999 3:33:17 PM, Tom Gilbert wrote:
>>
>> > core files don't take up much space
>>
>> Hmmm... I've had core files in excess of 2MB...
>>
>> Rik Osborne
>
>[Sorry]
>
>Guess it depends on your definition of *much*
>
>I have 31Gb, so 2Mb isn't much.
>
>Besides, they are usually dumped into your home directory, and
>overwrite each other, so there are only a few around at a time...
Wrong, core files are dumped in the directory where the progam was
started.
kde possable dumps its core file in the $HOME of the user, but other
programs dont.
You'll be suprised sometimes when you do;
'find / -name core'
excludeing core found under the linux kernel source tree of course.
>Tom.
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