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No rating yet Subject: Re: ANSYS License Manager Author: Gordon May Date: 1999-10-05 05:36:00Another alternative is to place the line:
/sys,ln -s /dev/null core
in your start.ans file, which creates a link to the output "null device" and has much the same effect.
Regards, Gordon May Advanced Technologist - Stress Compressor Key System Tel.: 44041 Fax: 44874 e-mail: Gordon.May@r...
> From: John Swanson[SMTP:John.Swanson@a...] > Sent: 03 October 1999 22:14 > To: 'xansys@o...' > Subject: RE: [xansys] ANSYS License Manager
> From: John Swanson
> I 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