how to generate a core dump

[James Livingston]

On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 17:18 +0200, Ernst Taumberger wrote:
> I am trying to get a core dump from a program, for example by sending it
> SIGABRT, whose default action is to dump core and terminate the process.
> 
> ... but I don't get any core files

For me, using `ulimit -c unlimited` enables the generation of core dumps


Cheers,

James "Doc" Livingston
--
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