Messages in this thread | | | From | "lokum spand" <> | Subject | A possible idea for Linux: Save running programs to disk | Date | Sat, 01 Oct 2005 13:30:22 -0800 |
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I allow myself to suggest the following, although not sure if I post in the right group:
Suppose Linux could save the total state of a program to disk, for instance, imagine a program like mozilla with many open windows. I give it a SIGNAL-SAVETODISK and the process memory image is dropped to a file. I can then turn off the computer and later continue using the program where I left it, by loading it back into memory.
Would that be possible? At least a program can be given a ctrl-z and is swapped out if physical memory is needed. This is somewhat similar (?) Would that need kernel parameters to be included in the process image file? What about X-windows resources? Is this simply to easy to exploit by having altered process images loaded back into the memory? ('virus')
If possible, a neat titlebar icon 'zzz' could be added to the decoration provided by the (X) window manager.
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