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SubjectRe: 2.1.131: some quality thoughts
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> is a terrible name for anything but a core-file.  In fact, core isn't even
> a good name for a core file (I think the core-file name should include the
> executable file name and the PID). Something like

Once upon a time Linux did dump core into "core.NAME" with the
appropriate executable NAME, but that was changed because the
assumption that a core file is named "core" is about as deeply
entrenched in Un*x minds as the assumption that SIGKILL==9.

IOW, too many complaints that "it breaks other stuff".

Olaf


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