Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Jan 2000 15:40:09 -0700 | From | Erik Andersen <> | Subject | Re: core dump |
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On Wed Jan 12, 2000 at 12:13:11PM +0100, J.D. Bakker wrote: > >It would be extremely useful to be able to get a core dump that gdb > >understands without having the process stall longer than it takes to write > >the core and have it continue merrily on its way. > > Maybe I'm being naive, but isn't it possible to put something like this in > a signal handler: > > if(fork() > 0) > (volatile int *) 0 = 0; > > Assuming you have the source, off course.
A bit less messy:
if (fork() == 0) { raise(11); }
-Erik
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