Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 14:31:30 -0500 (CDT) From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> To: wosch@panke.de.freebsd.org Cc: thyerm@camtech.net.au, wosch@panke.de.freebsd.org, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: file segment sizes of a core dump Message-ID: <199808251931.OAA00986@detlev.UUCP> In-Reply-To: <19980824193728.B4111@panke.de> (message from Wolfram Schneider on Mon, 24 Aug 1998 19:37:28 %2B0200) References: <199808231906.VAA04727@campa.panke.de> <35E18FF5.B7FADA7B@camtech.net.au> <19980824193728.B4111@panke.de>
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>> Why require an option ? >> Why not make size do what you want automatically when it detects >> that you are running it on a core file ? > How do you know that the file is a FreeBSD core file and not garbage? > file(1) has a gross hack to identify core files, see /usr/share/misc/magic. Why would you run size on garbage? Best, joelh -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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