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From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: core files under SV
Message-ID: <1989Nov15.161241.4110@virtech.uucp>
Date: 15 Nov 89 16:12:41 GMT
References: <MRD.89Nov15011304@image.clarkson.edu>
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In article <MRD.89Nov15011304@image.clarkson.edu>, mrd@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Michael DeCorte) writes:
> 
> There has got to be a little function I can call that will generate a
> core file of my process but I sure can't find it in sections 2 or 3.
> Anybody know what it is?
> 
> NOTE I want to generate a core file but NOT exit.  Yup I just want to
> go along on my merry way.

There is no system or library call to do this, but you could just do 
the following:

	if( fork() == 0 )
	{
		abort();
	}

which will result in a core file being generated and letting your
current program continue executing. If you do this alot, without performing
a wait(2), you will eventually run out of process table slots.  So either
do a wait() after the fork(), or limit the number of times you do this.


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