[Cialug] CORE files

Doug Hesseltine cialug@cialug.org
Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:11:11 -0600


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I have a server running Fedora and cPanel.&nbsp; On this server I have a
site using a php/MySQL ecommerce cart OS-Commerce.&nbsp;&nbsp; For some reason
the site is getting errors and generating files in the root WWW folder
named core.#### (some number)&nbsp; It looks as though a new file is created
each time the site cannot display a page (which I am not sure what is
causing this problem either)&nbsp; <br>
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These core files range in size and are quickly filling up the available
drive space if not regularly deleted.&nbsp; <br>
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Another problem which I am not sure is related or not but the site
continues to get Internal Server errors at various times.&nbsp; One time the
page appears to load fine and another the error is displayed.&nbsp; I have
other sites on the same server that are working fine.<br>
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Can anybody help me out in determining what these core files are and
how to stop them?<br>
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