X-Git-Url: http://git.pond.sub.org/?p=empserver;a=blobdiff_plain;f=scripts%2Fsavecore;h=29142e98e88a0b8d6441c501393ffcaff1b8c416;hp=becd752cfe0798b384b2963ae9a307835ed30a0e;hb=HEAD;hpb=41263cf8c94c1b9bab8e27c4c830dc6cdd605297

diff --git a/scripts/savecore b/scripts/savecore
index becd752cf..29142e98e 100755
--- a/scripts/savecore
+++ b/scripts/savecore
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 # 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
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ core_name=
 
 alert_deity ()
 {
-    local msg;
+    local msg
     if [ "$saved" ]
     then msg="Core dump $saved_core saved."
     elif [ "$core_name" ]
@@ -65,8 +67,8 @@ 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 $core_name; exit
+then rm -f "$core_name"; exit
 fi
 
-mv -f $core_name $saved_core
+mv -f "$core_name" $saved_core
 saved=y