On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Warren Young wrote:
> "Richard B. Johnson" wrote:
> >
> > > UnixWare has a sometimes-useful feature: core dumps are numbered with
> > > the PID of the dead process. (core.419, core.422, core.435...)
> >
> > The kernel doesn't name core-dumps. Whatever process handles the signal
> > produces the core-dump. It certainly has the PID available.
>
> Then explain to me what the function dump_write() does in
> linux/fs/binfmt_elf.c.
> --
It writes a dump file if USE_ELF_CORE_DUMP is defined. Check the string
it writes a "core.NNN" file.
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Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.3.41 on an i686 machine (800.63 BogoMips).
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