#!/bin/sh -e
# Script to save core files, to be run from post_crash_dump_hook
-# Written by Markus Armbruster, 2008
+# Written by Markus Armbruster, 2008-2012
# This script is in the public domain.
# Use: edit configuration variables below to taste, then set
# How your system names core files
#
# This is a pattern rather than a name, because modern kernels can put
-# fancy stuff in the name we can't always predict.
+# fancy stuff in the name we can't always predict. Modern user space
+# can squirrel away core dumps in fancy places; you may need to switch
+# that off for this insufficiently fancy script to work.
core_pattern=core.*
#core_pattern=emp_server.core
#core_pattern=core
# them up, which is probably not what you want.
core_dir=../core-dumps
+# Minimum free disk space for saving core dumps, in KiB
+space_low=102400
+
# Whom to send mail (leave empty to not send any)
privlog=
# Program to send mail
mailx=mailx
-#mailx=mail
# End of configuration
saved=
+core_name=
alert_deity ()
{
- local msg;
+ local msg
if [ "$saved" ]
then msg="Core dump $saved_core saved."
- else msg="Could not save core dump."
+ elif [ "$core_name" ]
+ then msg="Could not save core dump $core_name."
+ else msg="Could not find core dump to save."
fi
- echo $msg | $mailx -s "emp_server dumped core in $PWD" "$privlog"
+ echo "$msg" | $mailx -s "emp_server dumped core in $PWD" "$privlog"
}
test -n "$privlog" && trap 'alert_deity' EXIT
-core_name=`ls -td $core_pattern | head -n 1`
-saved_core=$core_dir/core-`/bin/date +%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M`
+core_name=`ls -td $core_pattern 2>/dev/null | head -n 1`
+test -n "$core_name"
+test -r "$core_name"
+tstamp=`/bin/date +%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M`
+saved_core=$core_dir/core-$tstamp
+
+mkdir -p $core_dir
+if [ `df -kP $core_dir | awk 'NR!=1 { print $4 }'` -lt "$space_low" ]
+then rm -f "$core_name"; exit
+fi
-mv -f $core_name $saved_core
+mv -f "$core_name" $saved_core
saved=y