Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 21:33:59 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Jones <pjones@pmade.org> To: Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: .core Files? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011052111030.49540-100000@pmade.org> In-Reply-To: <BA5D0CE1CBB2D411B6AA00A0CC3F02390AF6EC@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>
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You are correct, these files are the result of core dumps. Unless you wanted to do some debugging, you can safely remove them. On Sun, 5 Nov 2000, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > My system is running low on space in /. After the system was built, I had > about 50% free. I haven't added anything substantial to the system since I > built it but now the system is at 108%. > > I have looked at the disk and found files *.core files that appear to be > rather large. File names are syslogd.core, inetd.core, telnetd.core, and > tcsh.core. They appear to be binary files. Are these files from core dumps? > I don't even know if I've had a core dump or not but I have powered off the > system without shutting down properly. Can these files be safely deleted? > > Thanks, > > Drew > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- ....................................................................... : Peter Jones : Unix Geek - Four Wheeling : : pjones@pmade.org : Code Writing - Jesus Freak : :....................................:................................: :echo er|perl -0160 -pe ';$;=ord$/;s;^;"\U$/".chr($\;-11).chr$\;+4;e;': :.....................................................................: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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