a core file is used to track down bugs in your program. You should check out the man page for core (man core)
Trond On 25. mai 2011, at 08.41, ktechie wrote: > Can I get some help on this parameter > > On May 22, 10:09 am, ktechie <[email protected]> wrote: >> One of the memcached configuration parameters is >> -r : maximize core file limit >> >> My understanding is that in case of server failure the memory will be >> dumped to a file & this setting is trying to maximize the file size as >> possible. >> >> My question is that if I kill the server, it will not be able dump the >> memory to file, then what scenarios are we talking about where this >> will be useful. >> >> Secondly how will this file be useful. Will memcache use this on >> server startup to fill up the memory?
