Shell Programming and Scripting

Ok no problem, even i have gone through this. A unix resource, was asked to work on Visual Basic too which i did but still hate it.

Anyways back to your problem.

Basically you need to know what the system path is ( i hope it is declared as an environment variable some where) and then search for the file at that path.

So check for the executable filename at the specified path, if exists delete the core.

Code:

if [[ -x $SYSPATH ]]
then
     find $1 -type f -name "*core*" -exec rm -f {} \;
fi

Hope i am clear this time.

Cheers,
K

hey buddy,

i know sometimes man work sucks...
i got what ur saying...but what is the significance of the system path with relation to the core file....

and which core file will it delete ????will it delete the core files in the directory i specify......????

you probably have to use "file core" to find out what caused the crash

LOL
you don't happen to be at RMIT ?
i think the office told everyone to learn this

Nah Man!!! i wish i was in College...!!!are u in RMIT...??a lot of my mates are in RMIT..!!!

ya buddy i will try it out...!!!