"core"

[Thomas Riemer <to...@58k.com>]

In several different places the tomcat project uses a directory named
"core".   "core" in the UNIX
world signifies a core dump usually caused by segmentation fault.
Could I offer an alternative
to "core", perhaps "coreobj" or "prime" or "heart"?

The name clash can be frustrating - many oses out of the box come with
cleanup scripts that remove
"core" files on a regular bases, including subdirectories in tomcat
source!!!!

You have no idea how disconcerting it is to discover that something you
compiled one day, and you
know you didn't touch now doesn't compile.    While I'm fully aware that
its the OSes fault - let me suggest
the proposition that if happens to me - its real likely to happen to
someone else - the solution seems relatively
easy to implement - change the name "core" to something else.

I think this might prevent some frustration for someone else.

-Tom

Re: "core"

[cm...@yahoo.com]

Hi Thomas,

I don't think changing the "core" is possible at this stage, and you
should really fix your unix scripts - the "core dump" can't be a
directory, and checking if something is a regular file or a dir is quite 
trivial.


Costin


On Tue, 1 May 2001, Thomas Riemer wrote:

> In several different places the tomcat project uses a directory named
> "core".   "core" in the UNIX
> world signifies a core dump usually caused by segmentation fault.
> Could I offer an alternative
> to "core", perhaps "coreobj" or "prime" or "heart"?
> 
> The name clash can be frustrating - many oses out of the box come with
> cleanup scripts that remove
> "core" files on a regular bases, including subdirectories in tomcat
> source!!!!
> 
> You have no idea how disconcerting it is to discover that something you
> compiled one day, and you
> know you didn't touch now doesn't compile.    While I'm fully aware that
> its the OSes fault - let me suggest
> the proposition that if happens to me - its real likely to happen to
> someone else - the solution seems relatively
> easy to implement - change the name "core" to something else.
> 
> I think this might prevent some frustration for someone else.
> 
> -Tom
> 
>