On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 05:38:47PM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > I've noticed some core files have a number appended to them, like: > > core.2342 > > The number is most likely a pid, but I'm curious how the core file got > named this way. Is there a libc function that sets the name of a > possible future core file?
I think it's probably a function of the default signal handler for the SIGABORT signal. I don't know why it would use "core" sometimes and "core.<pid>" other times.. maybe if there is already a core file it uses the second form instead to avoid overwriting an existing core file. You might also want to look at the setrlimit(2) man page. -- Mitch _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
