Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 19:21:25 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Freebsd Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Force core, then reload Message-ID: <3E766685.3000901@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20030315015901.GF90698@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <1047692099.3e728343c7c3f@ra.dweebsoft.com> <20030315015901.GF90698@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> On Friday, 14 March 2003 at 17:34:59 -0800, Daxbert wrote:
[ ... ]
>> I know it's possible to force an application to core, but I'm not so certain
>> about the reload and execute part. Is this even remotely possible?
Take a look at the "unexec" mechanism used by emacs.
> Not currently. The core dump doesn't contain a lot of state
> information which you would need to resume execution. In some cases,
> it's completely impossible. How do you reinstate a network
> connection, for example?
For many purposes, opening a new network connection to a persistent
resource (such as a connection dictionary for a database) is sufficient.
--
-Chuck
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