Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:09:47 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Horst_G=FCnther_Burkhardt_III?= <horst@sxemacs.org> Cc: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: magic disappearing coredumps Message-ID: <4ad871310904241109qbf37b44pa414db7ec2f32c0c@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.
>
Do you disable coredumps in /boot/loader.conf? The following would
enable them:
kern.coredump=3D1
--=20
Glen Barber
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