Hi Jonny On Wed, 27 May 2020 at 15:23, Jonny Grant <jg@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On 27/05/2020 14:06, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > > Hi Jonny, > > > > On Mon, 25 May 2020 at 17:08, Jonny Grant <jg@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> Suggestion for some additional information on this page: > >> > >> http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/core.5.html > >> > >> Could "Core dumps and systemd" be extended to give an > >> example of sysctl making a temporary change? > >> > >> eg set to the filename and signal that causes the core dump: > >> > >> # sysctl -w kernel.core_pattern="%e-%s.core" > > > > I'm a little confused: what do you mean by "making a *temporary* > > change" (i.e., where does "temporary" come into it)? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Michael > > > > As I understood, this core pattern is set until reboot. Okay, now I understand. Next question: what's the value in having the signal number in the filename? Thanks, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
