Re: Core file size?

[Arvind <lists@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Does anyone know what determines the size of a core
> dump? I have a process running out of memory (it
> allocates about 3GB) - but the size of core varies
> (between 2-3GB) depending on how much the process
> wrote on the allocated memory.

You can try the ulimit man page. Specifically, the "-c" option.
http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/man-cgi?ulimit+1

Arvind
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