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obtain core dump by aborting the running apps

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May 13th, 2007 mysurface

To obtain core dump, the line bellow is mandatory.
ulimit -c unlimited
Check out generate coredumps to help developer for debugging for more details of ulimit.
Core dump will be generated automatically if a program crashed due to segmentation fault or some other reason. But core dump will not be generated if an application halt and been terminate [...]

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kill process with care

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November 18th, 2006 mysurface

A lots of people likes to do kill -9, which means kill a process by force. By specified -9, process will be terminated by force, which is very fast and confirm kill but it leaves hidden side effects. Refers to Useless use of kill -9, kill a process by specified -9 may leave child [...]

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