put the following line in your root cron
0 4 * * * find /usr/bin/find / -name core -exec rm {} \;
(ie, become root and type the following)
crontab -e
<ctrl-g>
i
0 4 * * * find /usr/bin/find / -name core -exec rm {} \;
<esc>
:wq
What this does is, at 12:04 am (* you can change this*),
find each and every core file on the system and delete
it.
Bill Ward
-----Original Message-----
From: Jukka Lindgren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2000 5:57 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Autodelete 'core'
How can I delete any and all 'core' files on my system without user
intervention.
I've seen a script on certain Sparcs at work, it was done with 'awk' or
'grep - or both.. I just can't remember.
Do I start with 'find / -name core' or perhaps 'ls -R core' from the root
and then pipe this to 'grep' or 'awk' and format it as a command to delete
everything found.
Hope you catch my drift... I don't want those huge core files piling up on
my system as I play around with it crashing one program after another. So a
cron job once a day (night, actually) would do the job!
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