Versioning of core files

[Steve Burgess]

Saw this in another thread in response to a question about where core files are written...

"In HP-UX it's just the CWD provided that the process has write permissions in the CWD and can overwrite any previously existing core file. More ver because the file is simply 'core' rather than, for example, core.12345 (core.PID) the last program crash wins. Man 4 core for details."

Is there, then, no way to configure an HP-UX system to allow multiple core files to be kept in a given directory?

Thanks.

[Torsten.]

Allow me one question: How many core files do you expect?

If the first "core" is written, you should find the reason why, IMHO.

BTW, core files could also be very large.

[Deoncia Grayson_1]

Unless you are manipulating the core file by initiating the core then of course you can send the out put to core.???? being the pid or otherwise by issuing a kill -11 or by using a utility aps32.dat, that will send the output to a specific file. If the application abnormally aborts and creates a core file then i don't know of any way to save it unless you mv it to another file name after its created.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Steve:

You can append the process's pid to the core file it creates thusyly:

...for 11.0 & 11.11

# echo "core_addpid/W 1" | adb -k -w /stand/vmunix /dev/kmem

...for 11.23

# echo "core_addpid/W 1" | adb -o -w /stand/vmunix /dev/kmem

Regards!

...JRF...