Re: Re[2]: [newbie] How contained are crashes?

2003-06-10 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 10 Jun 2003 3:38 am, rikona wrote: Hello Jason, Monday, June 9, 2003, 4:20:48 PM, you wrote: J Just ocassionally have a look around for .core files and delete J them. I did, and didn't find any. J A core dump is data from that program that was in RAM at the time J of the

Re: [newbie] How contained are crashes?

2003-06-09 Thread Jason
They sometimes leave core dumped files lying around. Those files do no harm but take up LOTS of space. A core dump is data from that program that was in RAM at the time of the crash. Just ocassionally have a look around for .core files and delete them. Other than that, beacuse apps run in

Re: [newbie] How contained are crashes?

2003-06-09 Thread JoeHill
On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 16:15:09 -0700 rikona [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I've had a few apps stop running/crash. It does not seem as though there are subsequent consequences - I can seemingly reopen the app and continue. In Win, this is sometimes a problem. Can apps foul up the OS such that it has

Re: [newbie] How contained are crashes?

2003-06-09 Thread Jason
For graphical TOP type ctrl+esc for...and then select the proces to kill =) JoeHill wrote: On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 16:15:09 -0700 rikona [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I've had a few apps stop running/crash. It does not seem as though there are subsequent consequences - I can seemingly reopen the

Re[2]: [newbie] How contained are crashes?

2003-06-09 Thread rikona
Hello JoeHill, Monday, June 9, 2003, 4:18:32 PM, you wrote: J by running top An interesting utility. J (ya, I know, you prolly already knew that) No, I didn't - I'm a newbie, remember? :-) I've learned about lots of goodies here. -- Thank you, rikona

Re[2]: [newbie] How contained are crashes?

2003-06-09 Thread rikona
Hello Jason, Monday, June 9, 2003, 4:20:48 PM, you wrote: J Just ocassionally have a look around for .core files and delete J them. I did, and didn't find any. J A core dump is data from that program that was in RAM at the time J of the crash. I've had what seemed to be crashes - the pgm