On Wed Jan 12, 2000 at 12:13:11PM +0100, J.D. Bakker wrote:
> >It would be extremely useful to be able to get a core dump that gdb
> >understands without having the process stall longer than it takes to write
> >the core and have it continue merrily on its way.
>
> Maybe I'm being naive, but isn't it possible to put something like this in
> a signal handler:
>
> if(fork() > 0)
> (volatile int *) 0 = 0;
>
> Assuming you have the source, off course.
A bit less messy:
if (fork() == 0) {
raise(11);
}
-Erik
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