[linux-help] Re: core dump

[Steven Saner <ssaner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ulimit -c unlimited

or more generally,  man bash

Steve


On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 09:15:51AM -0700, Sudharsha Wijesinghe wrote:
> sorry
> the code should be
> int main(){
> int buff[4096],i;
> for(i=0;i<8000;i++)
> buff[i]=i;
> return 0;
> }
> the intention here is for the program to crash and to
> create a core dump.
> in my case the program crashes but does not create a
> core dump.
> Thanks 
> Sudharsha.
> --- Tom Hull <thull2@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Sudharsha Wijesinghe wrote:
> > > I wrote the following code 
> > > int void main()
> > > {
> > > int buff[4096],i;
> > > for(i=0;i<8000;i++)
> > > buff[i]=i;
> > > return 0;
> > > }
> > > and compliled it with gcc 
> > > executable file created.
> > > when I run it
> > > #./a.out
> > > I would get a segment fault
> > > it does not create a core dump.
> > > Does any one know why it is?
> > > Thanks in advance
> > > Sudharsha.
> > 
> > Of course. Is this a test, or just a joke?
> > 
> > The code won't compile because you say: int void
> > main().
> > Get rid of the void. You're returning a value from
> > the
> > function so the function isn't void -- it returns a
> > value.
> > 
> > Also change 4096 to 8000, or 8000 to 4096. Then
> > figure
> > out why that works and what you had didn't.
> > 
> > -- 
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