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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2017-10-11 22:00:09 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2017-10-11 22:00:09 +0200
commit6c3d8859e646b3cdc5bafc3ec2cca38cc6002c2b (patch)
tree9be74a00f2907e44c8a6b00edb406139a75147c7 /man5
parentcb1b16309e4fcb066419cc3e904ad2380db5eef8 (diff)
downloadman-pages-6c3d8859e646b3cdc5bafc3ec2cca38cc6002c2b.tar.gz
core.5: Dumps are not produced if core_pattern is empty and core_uses_pid is 0
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man5')
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man5/core.5 b/man5/core.5
index 6c5aeff2b3..a358a3a13d 100644
--- a/man5/core.5
+++ b/man5/core.5
@@ -106,6 +106,23 @@ operation, and the description of the
file in
.BR proc (5).)
.IP *
+.I /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern
+is empty and
+.I /proc/sys/kernel/core_uses_pid
+contains the value 0.
+(These files are described below.)
+Note that if
+.I /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern
+is empty and
+.I /proc/sys/kernel/core_uses_pid
+contains the value 1,
+core dump files will have names of the form
+.IR .pid ,
+and such files are hidden unless one uses the
+.BR ls (1)
+.I -a
+option.
+.IP *
(Since Linux 3.7)
.\" commit 046d662f481830e652ac34cd112249adde16452a
The kernel was configured without the