man 5 core > On 12 Aug 2019, at 04:48, ToddAndMargo via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 8/11/19 6:01 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: >> ToddAndMargo via users writes: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I have no idea what this tells me >>> >>> $ cat /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern >>> |/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-coredump %P %u %g %s %t %c %h %e >>> >>> Does anyone know of a list somewhere? >> Would you believe the proc manual page, which directs you to the core manual page? >>> And why does it send out a pipe symbol? >> To indicate that the core file is an external program. >>> >>> What does this do? >>> >>> # echo core > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern >>> >>> Will "core" turn on core dumps? >> The core dumps are already turned on, except that they are fed to abrt, which stashes them away. This will, instead, create a plain file called "core" in the executable's directory. >>> And if so, how do I turn it back off after testing it? >>> >>> And will it wipe out "%P %u %g %s %t %c %h %e"? >> Set it back to what it was. >> echo '|/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-coredump %P %u %g %s %t %c %h %e' >/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern >> Now, if you really want a core file, you don't really have to do any of that. You can leave core_pattern at its default value, and just pull the core file down, upon demand. I have a small shell script in my $HOME/bin directory: >> $ cat ~/bin/core >> #!/bin/bash >> exec coredumpctl -o core dump >> And after something dumps core, I just execute "core", and the core file appears in my current directory. > > Thank you! > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
