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No rating yet Subject: Re: ANSYS License Manager Author: John Swanson Date: 1999-10-03 18:14:00I agree that the core file is of no use. I usually put a core file of zero length and read only permission in my working directory. With read only permission the system cannot write the core file, and so ends quickly. John Swanson
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dave & Kathleen Johnson [SMTP:dandkj@p...] > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 7:02 PM > To: xansys@o... > Subject: Re: [xansys] ANSYS License Manager
> From: Dave & Kathleen Johnson
> Hi Tom,
> I've never hit a down side to doing this. I am untrained in > debugging > an ANSYS crash from reading a core dump file, so its value to me is > zero. (In my understanding, the core file is a copy of what's in the > machine's memory at the time of the crash). Perhaps, someone at ANSYS > or your hardware vendor can interpret such a file, but as a regular > user > (I suspect that includes most of us), I just delete the core file and > start ANSYS again after a crash, and try it again !
> If you have reservations, hold off a few days to see if any of the > experts shoot down my advice.
> Dave Johnson > Penn State-Erie > Erie, PA, USA
> Tom.Davis@f... wrote:
> > From: Tom.Davis@f...
> > Dave,
> > This sounds like a good thing to do. However, before I implement > it, can > > you tell me what the downside is?
> > Thanks.
> > TWD
> > Thomas W. Davis, P. E. > > FSI International (http://www.fsi-intl.com/) > > 322 Lake Hazeltine Drive > > Mail Station 4-1035 > > Chaska, Minnesota 55318 > > PHONE 612-361-7359, FAX 612-361-7393 > > tom.davis@f...
> > From: Dave & Kathleen Johnson
> > For years, I have used the line:
> > limit coredumpsize 0
> > in my .cshrc file on Unix machines. (This resrticts the size of > a > > 'core' file to 0 bytes and allows a crash finish quickly)
> > Dave Johnson > > Penn State - Erie > > Erie, PA, USA