> To adapt a program to Debian the author needs a core dump. > He says the program *will* crash on Debian when started. > But since I switched to Debian I didn't see any crashes :-) > > Is core dumping enabled by default on potato, and where > can I configure that?
the command to use is ulimit, with the -c option 'ulimit -c 1024' will allow the creation of core dumps not bigger than 1024 kb for any child of the shell. > Where will the dump be written to? in the current directory of the crashed process, in a file named 'core'. > Where can I get this info from without bothering the list > with such basic questions? I'm quite sure it is on my HD > somewhere (well I know I could have grep'ed for it). 'man bash', but i have to admit it's quite well hidden... :-) hope it helps. pietro.
