Re: core dumps

2000-06-27 Thread Charles Galpin
you could wrap the executable in a shell script that uses unlimit to restrict a core size to zero. a hack, but maybe worth it if you are concerned about the core files. charles On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, linda hanigan wrote: > Thank you between file and gdb I was able to gain enough info > to talk to

Re: core dumps

2000-06-23 Thread linda hanigan
Thank you between file and gdb I was able to gain enough info to talk to the user. She is using ctrl c to break out if she doesn't have enough information to finish typing the job. I guess I will have to add something to my programs to give her a more graceful exit. At least I can quit worrying th

Re: core dumps

2000-06-23 Thread Robert Glover
Did you try the file command? Like this: file core It will often tell you what program caused the core dump, on Linux anyway. - Bob Glover > Hi all, > I have one user that is having alot of core dumps. She usually has her > computer on all day with one screen logged on the computer she > is s

Re: core dumps

2000-06-23 Thread Thomas Ribbrock
On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 02:04:08PM -0500, linda hanigan wrote: > I have one user that is having alot of core dumps. She usually has her > computer on all day with one screen logged on the computer she > is sitting at and one screen logged in via telnet to the computer in > the other room. Is there

Re: core dumps

2000-06-22 Thread Jake McHenry
I believe that the only way a core dump happens is when the "server" doesn't recognize or has a problem with something in the program. It has nothing to do with the person logged in or their computer. Unless the program is calling for the person to have certian permissions, then that could be a p

Re: Core dumps...

1998-06-01 Thread Ignacio Rodriguez
James Youngman wrote: > > "LG" == LG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > LG> Can someone tell me of a way to view core dumps > > You want to analyze it rather than view it, I guess. You do it like > this:- > $ gdb offending-program core The debugger loads in the > offend

Re: Core dumps...

1998-05-29 Thread James Youngman
> "LG" == LG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: LG> Can someone tell me of a way to view core dumps You want to analyze it rather than view it, I guess. You do it like this:- $ gdb offending-program core The debugger loads in the offending program and the coredup and you can