On 8/11/19 6:01 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
ToddAndMargo via users writes:

Hi All,

I have no idea what this tells me

    $ cat /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern
|/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-coredump %P %u %g %s %t %c %h %e

Does anyone know of a list somewhere?

Would you believe the proc manual page, which directs you to the core manual page?

And why does it send out a pipe symbol?

To indicate that the core file is an external program.


What does this do?

     # echo core > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern

Will "core" turn on core dumps?

The core dumps are already turned on, except that they are fed to abrt, which stashes them away. This will, instead, create a plain file called "core" in the executable's directory.

And if so, how do I turn it back off after testing it?

And will it wipe out "%P %u %g %s %t %c %h %e"?

Set it back to what it was.

echo '|/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-coredump %P %u %g %s %t %c %h %e' >/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern

Now, if you really want a core file, you don't really have to do any of that. You can leave core_pattern at its default value, and just pull the core file down, upon demand. I have a small shell script in my $HOME/bin directory:

$ cat ~/bin/core
#!/bin/bash

exec coredumpctl -o core dump

And after something dumps core, I just execute "core", and the core file appears in my current directory.

Thank you!

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