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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Russell Shaw <rjshaw@netspace.net.au>
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Subject: Re: Core dumps
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> 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'.