Subject: Re: savecore_flags="-z"
To: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@netbsd.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@mono.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/02/1999 11:05:49
On 30 Nov 1999, Chris G. Demetriou wrote:

> David Brownlee <abs@mono.org> writes:
> > 	Just to confirm - is anyone unhappy with having "-z" as
> > 	the default flags to savecore.
> 
> "it'd be really nice if the libkvm routines could grok compressed core
> files..."  8-)
> 
	Agreed, but those frequently working with core files can remove
	the "-z". What I'm aiming for is for the default to have the
	best chance of not filling up a user's disk, or losing data
	by truncating the corefile.

	Do you object to the default being "-z"?

	Thanks

		David/absolute