On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Horst Günther Burkhardt III <ho...@sxemacs.org> wrote: > I'm trying to debug a piece of software. It dumps a core file which > mysteriously vanishes. it's not in the program directory, nor my $HOME, > nor /var/crash nor /var/core ... > > Deliberately crashing /bin/sh also results in a core file which turns up > nowhere on my filesystem. > > Crossposting to -stable and -ppc because i'm uncertain whether this is a > ppc issue or a bsd issue or simple operator incompetence. > > I apologise if the answer is something that was a google away. > > -- Horst >
Have you limited the coredumpsize to 0 by chance? What output do you get from: limits | grep core or perhaps: ulimit -a | grep core Regards, Josh _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
