Core Dumps

[Conor P. Cahill]

In article <591 at s5.Morgan.COM>, amull at Morgan.COM (Andrew P. Mullhaupt) writes:
> I put a file in the directory with the name core, owned by
> root and read only, but the dump still happens. Any ideas?

How about making a directory named "core".  In SysV Rel 3.2 the kernel will 
not overwrite a directory named core.  Be careful using this technique in
older systems because you could end up with a munged.


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