core files under SV

[Conor P. Cahill]

In article <MRD.89Nov15011304 at image.clarkson.edu>, mrd at sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Michael DeCorte) writes:
> 
> There has got to be a little function I can call that will generate a
> core file of my process but I sure can't find it in sections 2 or 3.
> Anybody know what it is?
> 
> NOTE I want to generate a core file but NOT exit.  Yup I just want to
> go along on my merry way.

There is no system or library call to do this, but you could just do 
the following:

	if( fork() == 0 )
	{
		abort();
	}

which will result in a core file being generated and letting your
current program continue executing. If you do this alot, without performing
a wait(2), you will eventually run out of process table slots.  So either
do a wait() after the fork(), or limit the number of times you do this.


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