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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 89bf8c20a586..0bc7f1e3c9e6 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | |||
| @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ valid for 30 seconds. | |||
| 86 | core_pattern: | 86 | core_pattern: |
| 87 | 87 | ||
| 88 | core_pattern is used to specify a core dumpfile pattern name. | 88 | core_pattern is used to specify a core dumpfile pattern name. |
| 89 | . max length 64 characters; default value is "core" | 89 | . max length 128 characters; default value is "core" |
| 90 | . core_pattern is used as a pattern template for the output filename; | 90 | . core_pattern is used as a pattern template for the output filename; |
| 91 | certain string patterns (beginning with '%') are substituted with | 91 | certain string patterns (beginning with '%') are substituted with |
| 92 | their actual values. | 92 | their actual values. |
| @@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ core_pattern is used to specify a core dumpfile pattern name. | |||
| 105 | %h hostname | 105 | %h hostname |
| 106 | %e executable filename | 106 | %e executable filename |
| 107 | %<OTHER> both are dropped | 107 | %<OTHER> both are dropped |
| 108 | . If the first character of the pattern is a '|', the kernel will treat | ||
| 109 | the rest of the pattern as a command to run. The core dump will be | ||
| 110 | written to the standard input of that program instead of to a file. | ||
| 108 | 111 | ||
| 109 | ============================================================== | 112 | ============================================================== |
| 110 | 113 | ||