Forcing C program to core dump

[Garrett Cooper]

Niclas Zeising wrote:
> Garrett Cooper wrote:
>> Hello,
>>    This may be obvious to some, but after some Googling (apparently 
>> with the wrong search terms, perhaps) and reading the gcc/gdb 
>> manpages, I can't seem to find out how to get a program to produce 
>> core dumps.
>>    So I was wondering, is there some simple means to produce core 
>> dumps or a set of conditions that I need to adhere to in order to get 
>> the OS to core dump the progrdam???
>> Thanks,
>> -Garrett
>
> Just kill it with the abort signal (SIGABRT) or some other signal that 
> makes the program dump core. Be aware though that if you are catching 
> or ignoring the signal, this won't work.
> Regards!
> //Niclas
Wow. I got a lot of interesting ways to kill and force a coredump. 
Haha... Not quite what I had in mind, but I guess that's what I get for 
improperly wording the question.
Thank you all, the information I've gotten recently is definitely 
educational and it'll probably end up being useful later!
-Garrett