Re: [expert] /proc/kcore - getting big

[Dan Swartzendruber]

On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, Andrew Judge wrote:

> I was looking at my file system and noticed that the /proc/kcore file was
> getting pretty big and taking up alot of space.  What can I do to get the
> size down and won't blowup my machine?  Can I delete it then touch the file?
> I was also a little curious what the file is for.

that isn't a real file.  none of the files in /proc/kcore are.  don't
worry about it.