Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 12:21:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk> Cc: "'Sean Eric Fagan'" <sef@kithrup.com>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, dg@freebsd.org, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-sys@freebsd.org Subject: RE: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_sig.c Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980708122014.2709B-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <E40CBF0361C7D111914000C0F0303D108658@OCTOPUS>
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the part I like is: /var/coredumps/%N.core julian On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Paul Richards wrote: > Not a bad idea to have configurable core file naming but bear in mind > that the format we chose in the first place i.e. progname.core was done > after much discussion since /etc/daily or one of the other similar > scripts does a spring clean to remove them and if you pick something > like core.progname you can end up deleting core.c and so forth. > > I'd document this issue somewhere, as well as the fact that the cleanup > script would have to be aware of the setting. > > Paul Richards Ph.D. > Originative Solutions Ltd > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sean Eric Fagan [mailto:sef@kithrup.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 1998 12:59 AM > > To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG > > Cc: dg@FreeBSD.ORG; cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG; cvs-sys@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_sig.c > > > > > > In article > > <199807072341.QAA02595.kithrup.freebsd.cvs-all@dingo.cdrom.com > > > you write: > > >> I wish we had a sysctl variable for the coredump name. Eg. > > >> > > >> kern.coredump.name = > > >> > > >> 0 -> disable core dumps > > >> 1 -> core dump filename 'core' > > >> 2 -> core dump filename 'program.core' > > >> 3 -> core dump filename 'core.program' > > > > > >I think you should buy Sean a beer. >
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