On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Warren Young wrote:
> "Kenneth C. Arnold" wrote:
> >
> > W = wishlist
> > I = important
> > N = needed
>
> UnixWare has a sometimes-useful feature: core dumps are numbered with
> the PID of the dead process. (core.419, core.422, core.435...)
>
> Obviously this is a good way to eat a lot of disk space, so if Linux
> implements this, it should be optional, maybe through a sysctl
> operation.
>
The kernel doesn't name core-dumps. Whatever process handles the signal
produces the core-dump. It certainly has the PID available.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.3.41 on an i686 machine (800.63 BogoMips).
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