From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21048 invoked by alias); 6 Sep 2011 11:14:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 20778 invoked by uid 22791); 6 Sep 2011 11:14:27 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:14:07 +0000 Received: from int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p86BE6QV020176 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 6 Sep 2011 07:14:06 -0400 Received: from host1.jankratochvil.net (ovpn-116-38.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.116.38]) by int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p86BE3M2008384 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 6 Sep 2011 07:14:05 -0400 Received: from host1.jankratochvil.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by host1.jankratochvil.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p86BE29s002974; Tue, 6 Sep 2011 13:14:02 +0200 Received: (from jkratoch@localhost) by host1.jankratochvil.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p86BE0iV002965; Tue, 6 Sep 2011 13:14:00 +0200 Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:14:00 -0000 From: Jan Kratochvil To: David Aldrich Cc: "Worley, Dale R (Dale)" , "gdb@sourceware.org" Subject: Re: Empty core dump file Message-ID: <20110906111400.GA2711@host1.jankratochvil.net> References: <41302A7145AC054FA7A96CFD03835A0A047BD8@EX10MBX02.EU.NEC.COM> <20110826131657.GW25065@radix50.net> <41302A7145AC054FA7A96CFD03835A0A049A74@EX10MBX02.EU.NEC.COM> <41302A7145AC054FA7A96CFD03835A0A04E1D9@EX10MBX02.EU.NEC.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41302A7145AC054FA7A96CFD03835A0A04E1D9@EX10MBX02.EU.NEC.COM> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011-09/txt/msg00021.txt.bz2 On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:43:51 +0200, David Aldrich wrote: > I can't work out whether it will delete directory /tmp/corefiles. If it > does, then new core files will not be saved. Not tested on CentOS-5.x but at least still Fedora 14 (and therefore I believe even CentOS-5.x) tmpwatch has a bug the directories are never removed. (I haven't investigated what is the real reason for it, whether it isn't just due to updatedb (although it has /tmp in PRUNEPATHS) etc.) Jan