Re: 2.1.131: some quality thoughts

Mirian Crzig Lennox (mirian@xensei.com)
18 Dec 1998 22:17:18 -0500


Olaf Titz <olaf@bigred.inka.de> writes:

> Once upon a time Linux did dump core into "core.NAME" with the
> appropriate executable NAME, but that was changed because the
> assumption that a core file is named "core" is about as deeply
> entrenched in Un*x minds as the assumption that SIGKILL==9.

Not really... the *BSDs all use "NAME.core" these days.

-- 
Mirian Crzig Lennox                                Systems Anarchist
          "There's a New World Order coming every minute.
                      Make mine extra cheese."

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