From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30063 invoked by alias); 11 Jan 2006 14:39:57 -0000 Received: (qmail 30054 invoked by uid 22791); 11 Jan 2006 14:39:55 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from web52014.mail.yahoo.com (HELO web52014.mail.yahoo.com) (206.190.48.97) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with SMTP; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:39:52 +0000 Received: (qmail 62425 invoked by uid 60001); 11 Jan 2006 14:39:49 -0000 Message-ID: <20060111143949.62423.qmail@web52014.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [209.203.121.53] by web52014.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:39:49 PST X-RocketYMMF: natkelcri Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:39:00 -0000 From: Larry Martell Reply-To: larry@software-horizons.com Subject: Re: Core dumps To: Russell Shaw Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com In-Reply-To: <43C48C5B.2040309@netspace.net.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-01/txt/msg00091.txt.bz2 --- Russell Shaw wrote: > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > >>Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:52:18 +1100 > >>From: Russell Shaw > >>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'. > > $russell@home~: ulimit > $unlimited > > What else can i try? ulimit -c unlimited