Re: Causing a core dump in GNUstep program

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Am 28.08.2014 um 12:58 schrieb Riccardo Mottola:

> Hi,
> 
> Wolfgang Lux wrote:
>> Am 28.08.2014 um 00:58 schrieb Andreas Höschler:
>> 
>>> >I am tracking a very hard to catch problem and therefore would like to 
>>> >purposely create a core dump via a piece of code in my program when the 
>>> >problem reoccurs (might take days or weeks). What line of code can I 
>>> >include in my GNUstep Objective-C program to create a core dump on 
>>> >purpose? Any idea?
>>   abort();
> I'd try that first, especially after the lesson in PC's hihglight code and 
> all related statements of the wild optimizations that can happen with illegal 
> code!
> 
> I couldn't find evidence however that SIGABRT is guaranteed to leave a core 
> file.

you can use kill(getpid(), SIGFPE)