From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 7 11:38:37 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (mta06-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA44237B479 for ; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 11:38:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from parish ([62.255.97.175]) by mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20001107193824.EMP5359.mta06-svc.ntlworld.com@parish>; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 19:38:24 +0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish (8.11.0/8.11.0) id eA7JcUW02280; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 19:38:30 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 19:38:24 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: Drew Tomlinson Cc: "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" Subject: Re: .core Files? Message-ID: <20001107193824.A253@parish> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from drewt@writeme.com on Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 08:54:32PM -0800 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 08:54:32PM -0800, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > My system is running low on space in /. After the system was built, I had > about 50% free. I haven't added anything substantial to the system since I > built it but now the system is at 108%. > > I have looked at the disk and found files *.core files that appear to be > rather large. File names are syslogd.core, inetd.core, telnetd.core, and > tcsh.core. They appear to be binary files. > Are these files from core dumps? Yes. > I don't even know if I've had a core dump or not You should get a message in the console when something dies and it will also be written to /var/adm/messages. > but I have powered off the system without shutting down properly. Naughty, naughty. This ain't DOS you know :) Mind you, I don't know how the system can core dump to a disk with no power. > Can these files be safely deleted? > Yes. > Thanks, > > Drew > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message