[NTLUG:Discuss] Getting rid of a core with a link

[Greg Edwards]

Russ wrote:
> I'm seeking assistance with a situation that I don't understand.
> 
> I've got a core file that was created when a power outage (no UPS)
> occurred during an update of my Linux system.  Pardon my description
> if it isn't clear.  I'd like to get rid of it because it's a 2.7 mB
> file on a 8 mB hard drive.  It's owned by root and exists as link to
> /proc/kcore.
> 
> This the status of the core:
> 
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    11 2005-09-09 09:30 core -> /proc/kcore
> 

Is this a link in /dev to /proc/kcore?  If so I think you better leave it 
alone ;)  If you're thinking to getting rid of /proc/kcore, don't.

         /proc/kcore
                This file represents the physical memory of the  system 
and  is
                stored  in the ELF core file format.  With this 
pseudo-file, and
                an unstripped kernel (/usr/src/linux/vmlinux) binary, GDB 
can be
                used to examine the current state of any kernel data 
structures.

                The total length of the file is  the  size  of  physical 
memory
                (RAM) plus 4KB.


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Greg Edwards
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