Re: 2.1.131: some quality thoughts
Stephen E. Clark (seclark@ix.netcom.com)
Sat, 19 Dec 1998 11:50:04 -0500
Olaf Titz wrote:
>
> > is a terrible name for anything but a core-file. In fact, core isn't even
> > a good name for a core file (I think the core-file name should include the
> > executable file name and the PID). Something like
>
> 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.
>
> IOW, too many complaints that "it breaks other stuff".
>
> Olaf
>
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It is very nice if you are running an application that consists of
multiple processes and more than one process crashes, the way things are
now you only get the core from the last crash.
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