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From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Core Dumps
Keywords: How to not have 'em...
Message-ID: <1989Dec10.230035.6414@virtech.uucp>
Date: 10 Dec 89 23:00:35 GMT
References: <591@s5.Morgan.COM>
Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc.
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In article <591@s5.Morgan.COM>, amull@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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