Re: huge files "shmem.xxxxxx.0"?

Posted in 2000

Obnoxio The Clown — Thu, 30 Nov 2000 10:26:10 -0000 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

From: Woi Yew Fong <yfwoi@tpl.com.sg> > >I noticed that there are these files shmem.xxxxx(xxxx- some alpha numeric >numbers).0 created and they occupied a very huge disk space. What is these >files for? Can I remove them? Please advice. They are core dumps of your shared memory following an assert failure. If tech support doesn't want them, you can delete them. If you're on HP, they're useless and you can just delete them. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

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Madison Pruet — Thu, 30 Nov 2000 15:05:15 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Whoa there with deleting the HP shmdumps without checking with tech support first. I've debugged problems on HP via shmem dumps in the past. (Actually debugged one HP shmdump that I had on my laptop while enroute from Shanghai China to Sydney Australia. - I'd already seen the movie.... ;-) ) I'd compress the shmdump files and then check with tech support prior to deleteing them. ;-) Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > From: Woi Yew Fong <yfwoi@tpl.com.sg> > > > >I noticed that there are these files shmem.xxxxx(xxxx- some alpha numeric > >numbers).0 created and they occupied a very huge disk space. What is these > >files for? Can I remove them? Please advice. > > They are core dumps of your shared memory following an assert failure. If > tech support doesn't want them, you can delete them. If you're on HP, > they're useless and you can just delete them. > > _____________________________________________________________________________________ > Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

Glossary

shared memory