Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 09:44:49 +0100 From: Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk> To: "'Sean Eric Fagan'" <sef@kithrup.com>, 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 Message-ID: <E40CBF0361C7D111914000C0F0303D108658@OCTOPUS>
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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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