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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 89bf8c2..0bc7f1e 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ valid for 30 seconds. core_pattern: core_pattern is used to specify a core dumpfile pattern name. -. max length 64 characters; default value is "core" +. max length 128 characters; default value is "core" . core_pattern is used as a pattern template for the output filename; certain string patterns (beginning with '%') are substituted with their actual values. @@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ core_pattern is used to specify a core dumpfile pattern name. %h hostname %e executable filename %<OTHER> both are dropped +. If the first character of the pattern is a '|', the kernel will treat + the rest of the pattern as a command to run. The core dump will be + written to the standard input of that program instead of to a file. ============================================================== |
