Re: renaming core dumps

David Holland (dholland@hcs.harvard.edu)
Fri, 23 Feb 1996 17:23:47 -0500 (EST)

> > ... so is core.command (core.c anyone?)
>
> Nope not quite. Ever heard of a filesystem that has 6 letter
> filename limit a one letter extension limit?

Missed the point. Suppose you have the following file called "core.c":
main() { *(char *)NULL = 0; }
and do
gcc core.c -o c
and
./c

Guess what happens to the source file if it dumps with "core.command"?

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