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Re: generating core dumps
- From: Phil Edwards <phil at jaj dot com>
- To: Inderjeet Saggu <isaggu at integ dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 09:27:09 -0500
- Subject: Re: generating core dumps
- References: <JHEFJDGEEHODCECGLMGCEEMECCAA.isaggu@integ.com>
On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 07:57:30AM -0500, Inderjeet Saggu wrote:
> I have been searching under the compiler options and found nothing.
That's because the compiler has nothing to do with it. :-)
Whether a process can generate a core dump is controlled by resource limits.
The commands to examine and change resource limits depend on what shell
you use; for sh-family, use "ulimit", and for csh-family, use "limit".
For more information, read the man page for your shell, or ask your system
administrator. Many sysadmins turn off core dumps to save on diskspace,
because many users don't know what they are and forget to delete them.
Phil
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