How to save core images ???
preece at ccvaxa.UUCP
preece at ccvaxa.UUCP
Tue Aug 20 05:58:00 AEST 1985
> There have been numerous attempts to checkpoint UNIX processes from
> user mode, but to do it right you would need the help of the kernel
> (since the code being checkpointed is still undergoing modification
> during the checkpoint process, otherwise).
> Apart from saving a bit of work in initializing large amounts of data,
> why do you feel this feature is necessary? /* Written 4:11 am Aug
> 10, 1985 by gwyn at brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn in ccvaxa:net.unix */
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Sounds like enough reason in itself. Sometimes we're talking about
LARGE amounts of data. The ability to start in the middle when
doing something like starting nroff with a common macro set or
starting Lisp after it has loaded all the stuff it does as start
up, or starting a complex, extensible editor after it has already
extended itself, would be very useful (I gather GNU emacs does just
that).
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scott preece
gould/csd - urbana
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