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From: Russell Shaw <rjshaw@netspace.net.au>
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Larry Martell wrote:
> --- Russell Shaw <rjshaw@netspace.net.au> wrote:
> 
>>What's the best way to force a core-dump from my own
>>code?
>>(I couldn't find much on the net)
> 
> 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);

I'm using debian-sid on a PC.