Machine keeps dumping core, how to turn it off?

[dictum9]

I get a core file dumped in / every half hour, not sure why. How do I disable core creation?

[dictum9]

and how do I determine what is causing core?

[Tim Nelson · Accepted solution]

execute the file command on the core. This should at least tell you what process dumped it and why.

If it is every 1/2 hour like clock work then mostlikely related to something running in cron.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Two issues.

To figure out whats wrong, you need a core.

To stop it from filling up your disk, you need to supress it.

ulimit -S c 0 I believe stops core dumps.

Not totally trusting my memory on that one though.

SEP

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

To suppress the creation of the core file(s) you can set the 'ulimit' thusly:

# ulimit -c 0

See the manpages for 'sh-posix(1)'.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Steven E. Protter]

Sorry,

ulimit -Sc 0

SEP

[V. Nyga]

Hi,

to disable core creation only in this directory, you can create a subdirectory 'core', so no core file can be created.

Volkmar