On Wednesday 04 September 2002 08:14 pm, Adrian Allen wrote: > Ok > Here is the problem I am having and its hard for me to figure out > what to do about it. Killing some mobs is crashing the mud and I > am not getting core files when the mud crashes because a coder who > worked on the mud lst year added something that is preventing the > core files somehow. I know he added the snippet that does autoshutdown > but I removed it and still no core file when it crashes. I am wondering if > anyone could tell me exactly how the merc_down works > because I don't have a very good understanding of the shutdown command > If there is something preventing core files from being made where would it > be and how would I fix it to make core files again so I can use the > debugger and fix this bug in killing mobs. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com try this: in the shell type ulimit -c Chances are you'll find it's set to 0 if it's a later system to fix this: open up ~/.bash_profile (if you're using bash) type ulimit -c unlimited relog This will tell ulimit NOT to limit your core usage . WARNING!! On later systems (mdk9, rh7.3, later BSD, slackware I haven't tested), you will find that core.xxfd4315 (or some odd number) is generated, not just one core file, one core file PER crash, and this CAN fill up a filesystem fast, so clean these files out nightly.. Core files can be HUGE , and if you're dumping a core every time someone kills a mob, that could be nasty. Please note (part 2) You will (probably) have to restart your mud once you've logged in in order for this to take affect.. I personally have never taken the chance that it hasn't and simply rebooted the mud, killing the script and everything, once I made this change.
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