From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: weis Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id TAA12874 for caml-redistribution; Fri, 19 Nov 1999 19:16:59 +0100 (MET) Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA21583 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 1999 15:01:56 +0100 (MET) Received: from sarg.Ryerson.CA (sarg.Ryerson.CA [141.117.18.117]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA27985 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 1999 15:01:53 +0100 (MET) Received: from sarg.Ryerson.CA (dmason@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sarg.Ryerson.CA (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA06737 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 1999 09:01:43 -0500 Message-Id: <199911191401.JAA06737@sarg.Ryerson.CA> To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: Saving the state of the program ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 18 Nov 1999 23:28:24 +0100." Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.108) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 09:01:42 -0500 From: Dave Mason Sender: weis >>>>> On Thu, 18 Nov 1999 23:28:24 +0100 (MET), Benoit de Boursetty said: > Hi, Does anyone know how to core-dump a running program, reboot, and > then restart the program from where it was ? Emacs does that. Basically they do a core dump and then have a (somewhat system dependent) unexec routine that turns the core file into an executable. The scm scheme system uses this, too. That's probably the best place to look. ../Dave