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- From: clk@ernie.Princeton.EDU (Christopher Kranz)
- Subject: detecting crash dumps on boot?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.155743.11378@Princeton.EDU>
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:57:43 GMT
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- Is it possible to determine if a crash dump exists before /etc/savecore
- runs?
-
- What I'd like to do is determine if a crash dump exists on the swap device
- before /etc/savecore runs and then make room for the vmcore file that
- /etc/savecore creates by deleteing other files in the same file system.
-
- I've got a rather large scratch space where users keep large temporary
- files. I don't want to delete them if I don't have to, just when I need to
- make room for a crash dump.
-
- Any useful suggestions (or even guesses) would be appreciated. Thanks.
-
-
- Christopher Kranz
- clk@princeton.edu
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