Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:04:26 -0400 From: Josh Carroll <josh.carroll@gmail.com> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Horst_G=FCnther_Burkhardt_III?= <horst@sxemacs.org> Cc: Sebastian Freundt <hroptatyr@sxemacs.org>, FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: magic disappearing coredumps Message-ID: <8cb6106e0904241104n74d4739fi89c9ed05da001053@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1240586478.2433.2004.camel@horst-tla> References: <1240586478.2433.2004.camel@horst-tla>
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On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Horst G=FCnther Burkhardt III <horst@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 fr= om: limits | grep core or perhaps: ulimit -a | grep core Regards, Josh
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