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Re: Empty core dump file
On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:43:51 +0200, David Aldrich wrote:
> I can't work out whether it will delete directory /tmp/corefiles. If it
> does, then new core files will not be saved.
Not tested on CentOS-5.x but at least still Fedora 14 (and therefore I believe
even CentOS-5.x) tmpwatch has a bug the directories are never removed.
(I haven't investigated what is the real reason for it, whether it isn't just
due to updatedb (although it has /tmp in PRUNEPATHS) etc.)
Jan