Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 12:29:01 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Daxbert <daxbert_news@dweebsoft.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Force core, then reload Message-ID: <20030315015901.GF90698@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <1047692099.3e728343c7c3f@ra.dweebsoft.com> References: <1047692099.3e728343c7c3f@ra.dweebsoft.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--1Y7d0dPL928TPQbc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Friday, 14 March 2003 at 17:34:59 -0800, Daxbert wrote: > > I'm looking to force a FreeBSD process to core, write it's core dump to disk, > then at a later date, reload the image, and resume from where it left off. > > I know it's possible to force an application to core, but I'm not so certain > about the reload and execute part. Is this even remotely possible? Not currently. The core dump doesn't contain a lot of state information which you would need to resume execution. In some cases, it's completely impossible. How do you reinstate a network connection, for example? Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers --1Y7d0dPL928TPQbc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+cojlIubykFB6QiMRAiwsAJ9xTfh6cxJZN4TbHHDrpzVYpxGdtgCfaOKK x6Wo/M5vQZlG9VOmdpemKh0= =vim6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1Y7d0dPL928TPQbc-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20030315015901.GF90698>