On Thu, Jul 16, 1998 at 12:13:44PM -0400, Brian White wrote: > > Yes. use CTRL-\ > > I've never heard of that.
neither have I....I just tried it...it makes programs exit fast but I have yet to produce a core dump with it > Actually, though... I was looking for the program to dump core when it > wanted (rather than at user request) and then be able to keep executing. I already replied once...I suggested signals how about this: if (fork() == 0) signal(getpid(), SIGFPE); -Steve -- /* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>------------ */ E-mail "Bumper Stickers": "A FREE America or a Drug-Free America: You can't have both!" "honk if you Love Linux" -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null