The man page for coredumps: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/core.5.html In section: Piping core dumps to a program should probably have a bullet explaining that the size limit imposed by ulimit -c does not apply when using the pipe-mechanism. Thanks, Per Böhlin Chief Architect QA Frameworks & Tools Engineering Services Zenterio AB Diskettgatan 11B 583 35 Linköping M: +46 (0) 707895827 E: per.bohlin@xxxxxxxxxxxx www.zenterio.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html