From ab0f60c6d98bed959387908549ed26a5304cdba9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 07:32:43 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] core.5: Core dump files are nowadays core.pid by default Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man5/core.5 | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man5/core.5 b/man5/core.5 index d43a2f599..d7259e985 100644 --- a/man5/core.5 +++ b/man5/core.5 @@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ not produced: .IP * 3 The process does not have permission to write the core file. (By default the core file is called -.IR core , +.IR core +or +.IR core.pid , +where +.I pid +is the ID of the process that dumped core, and is created in the current working directory. See below for details on naming.) Writing the core file will fail if the directory in which