Re: A possible idea for Linux: Save running programs to disk

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Sat, 2005-10-01 at 13:30 -0800, lokum spand wrote:
> I allow myself to suggest the following, although not sure if I post in
> the right group:
> 
> Suppose Linux could save the total state of a program to disk, for
> instance, imagine a program like mozilla with many open windows. I give
> it a SIGNAL-SAVETODISK and the process memory image is dropped to a
> file. I can then turn off the computer and later continue using the
> program where I left it, by loading it back into memory.
> 
> Would that be possible? At least a program can be given a ctrl-z and is

there is a LOT of state though.. the moment you add networking in the
picture the amount of state just isn't funny anymore. Your X example is
a good one as well...

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