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deleting core file

Post by Rafia Tapi » Sun, 22 Jul 2001 02:31:02



Hi
I have a core file in my home directory. Is it safe to delete the core file
by just issuing the command "rm core".

Thanks
Rafia

 
 
 
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deleting core file

Post by R Ransbott » Sun, 22 Jul 2001 02:58:46




>Hi
>I have a core file in my home directory. Is it safe to delete the core file
>by just issuing the command "rm core".

Yes.  "core" is one thing you should never name your files.  
A core file's only purpose is to make available info to figure
out why a process failed.
Many admins will routinely purge old core files.

That there are files named core in /dev and
/proc seems bad to me.

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