Re: Core dumps

Eli Zaretskii
2006-01-11T04:19:37Z

> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:52:18 +1100
> From: Russell Shaw <rjshaw@netspace.net.au>
> Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com
>
> > Doesn't a SIGABRT (kill -6) force a core dump?
>
> I put this in my own code, but it still doesn't make a
> core file:
>
> printf("Aborting...\n");
> raise(6);

Probably because your shell's init file(s) specify that the limit on
core files is zero bytes. Use `ulimit' to change that to `unlimited'.