Change the CORE file location ?

[Thomaz Portella_3]

I prefer change the location of core file, /export/home, example.
I dont want to use ulimit to limit the core file size, but I want to send it to other location than root .

[Steven E. Protter]

You could try this:

ln -s /tmp/core /exporthome

This might redirect core files to another location.

As far as I know core files show up where they happen.

SEP

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Thomaz,

The location where core files are deposited is dependent on the $PWD value - typically wherever you are are when you start the process.
So you have two options:
1) cd /where/you/want/to/be #when you start the process
or
2) export PWD=/where/you/want/the/corefile #before you start the process.

HTH,
Jeff

[Thomaz Portella_3]

The HTTPD application created the CORE file not OVW.
I am usind an application to show OVW environment to operators. They dont use OVW himself.
Anyone knows how to solve that ?

[Jeff Schussele · Accepted solution]

Hi Thomaz,

Well, the httpd process probably uses some sort of script to startup. If so then edit it & add the export PWD=/path/to/corefile up top.
If it's just a binary, then create a script that sets $PWD & runs the binary.

Rgds,
Jeff

[Sundar_7]

Setting the PWD to a different directory effectively "cd"es you to the directory.

This might work for HTTPD but I know of applications that tend to refer files using the relative path and fail to startup.

As such there is no way to get the process core dump to a different directory other than the current directory.