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Re: Naming coredumps



* Andrew Ingram (andrew.ingram@uk.clara.net) [030218 09:41]:
> I managed to get coredumps working on my debian woody machine (I
> previously had the ulimit for coredumps set to 0). The problem I
> have now is that they are just called "core". I was expecting them
> to be named <program name>.core.<timestamp> or something like that.
> 
> Can anyone tell me how I can set up the system so that coredumps get
> named in a nicer, more unique and meaningful way?

file(1) can give you useful information about a core file.  You can
either use that info where it is or make a few-line script to take it
and rename the core file accordingly.

good times,
Vineet
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