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Re: No more .core files
On Fri, Jun 11, 1999 at 09:59:28AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>Chris Faylor wrote:
>>
>> I just changed the name of the files produced by cygwin from
>> something.core to something.stackdump. Hopefully this will help
>> minimize some confusion and pave the way for true core files in the
>> future -- once I finally get the assignment form from Egor.
>
>The something.stackdump files will die then? Good news.
Only if someone has selected that they want to have core files.
I think that the stackdump files are marginally useful. They allow
me to say "It's not cygwin's fault." pretty quickly by inspecting the
address where a fault occurred.
cgf