No core files

[Claudio Bley]

>>>>> "Darrell" == Darrell Bellert <dbellert@boulder.qms.com> writes:

    Darrell> If I am in the wrong list, I apologize.  Here's my
    Darrell> question: I'm executing code that results in a seg fault,
    Darrell> but no 'core' file is generated.  Is this related to the
    Darrell> gcc compiler?  How do I enable the creation of core
    Darrell> files?  I compiled debug on Red Hat 7.2


    Darrell> $ gcc -v Reading specs from
    Darrell> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/specs gcc version
    Darrell> 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-98)


    Darrell> Thanks,

    Darrell> Darrell

I suspect this is not related to gcc in general. You may need to
refine your ulimit settings. E.g. in Bash:

$ ulimit -a
core file size        (blocks, -c) 0
...

(this means no core files are generated.)

$ ulimit -c unlimited

Claudio