On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 09:20:40 +1000 David Gardiner <daveg@sonartech.com.au> wrote: > what is /proc/kcore and why is it eating up my disk space????? It's not, it's a virtual file, it's actually the running kernel. > i.e. > 262573 -r-------- 1 root root 268349440 Oct 16 08:59 kcore > and a couple of minutes later > 0 -r-------- 1 root root 320598016 Oct 16 09:03 kcore > ^ ^ > | | > and why is it's size 0 blks and also have a size of 320598016 bytes > i'm running with kernel 2.4.17 It's 0 blocks because it isn't actually on the disk, it's in memory. > > Yeah the obvious answer from it's name is it's a kernel core dump, but It's not a core *dump*, it's the actual core :) > thats just a guess! a real explanation would be good and how do I get > rid of it would be better. > Thanks, > Dave > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > -- Reeve the cat ------------- -----BEGIN FORTUNE----- You have no real enemies. ------END FORTUNE------ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d? s: a? C++++ UL++++ P+ L++++ E- W++ N o K- w--- O M-- V-- PS+++ PE Y PGP t+++ 5 X+ R+++ tv+ b+++ DI++ D+ G e* h-- r+++ y** ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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