[H-GEN] core files

[Matthew Tippett]

John & Christine wrote:
> 
> is what it reported.
> 
> /usr/src/linux-2.0.0/net/core
> /dev/core
> /var/spool/cron/crontabs/core
> /proc/sys/net/core
> 
> are these files ok to delete ?.. or is my understanding of a core file off
> base ?
> 
What the net/core one.  it is a directory.

The file (1) command will tell you what each file is. 

On my system (RH4.1)

/dev/core does not exist
/var/spool/cron/crontabs/core does not exist
/proc/sys/net/core is a directory
/usr/src/linux/net/core is a directory (associated with the dir above).

So all in all it looks like you can delete the crontabs and dev core files.
running these commands (pre-written so you can cut and paste) will check.

file /var/spool/cron/crontabs/core
file /dev/core

If they say Linux core file (or something similar) then you can delete them.

Just a question though.  Do spend a lot of time logged in as root?

Matt
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