Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 17:05:12 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net> To: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> Cc: Marty C <lalala@globalserve.net>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD is cool Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990630170127.14320e-100000@cygnus.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <19990630184029.A4888@rainbow5.scientia.demon.co.uk>
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On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Ben Smithurst wrote:
> Alfred Perlstein wrote:
>
> > *** warning untested idea ***
> >
> > sysctl -w kern.corefile=/dev/null
> >
> > *****************************
> >
> > please let me know how it works, btw I take no responcibility if
> > this hoses your machine, you do so at your own risk.
>
> I don't think that would work, since the core dump routine (elf_coredump
> in imgact_elf.c) checks that the file to dump to is a regular file.
> aout_coredump makes the same check.
Isn't this what he desires?
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 07:18:18 +0000
From: Marty C <lalala@globalserve.net>
To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: FreeBSD is cool
Is it possible to somehow turn off the core dumping behaviour of
crashed applications?
Thanx!
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