>From: "Chris G. Demetriou" <cgd@pa.dec.com>
>Date: Mon, 08 Sep 97 15:00:50 -0700

[Jason Thorpe? wrote:]
>> I think a reasonable solution might be:
>> 
>> 	- New sysctl level: kern.coredumpdir
>> 
>> 		- .enabled
>> 		- .dir
>> 		- .format

>How is the name "kern.coredumpdir" and the notion of having a core
>dump in "." with a nonstandard name format "compatible"?
>
>I think a better sysctl name is in order.

I agree.  In particular, the name should somehow indicate that the
variable alters the destination of coredumps of *userland* binaries,
as opposed to dumps of the kernel itself.
-- 
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