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 NAA09531 for caml-redistribution; Mon, 22 Nov 1999 13:58:15 +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 OAA02175 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 14:48:04 +0100 (MET) Received: from enst.enst.fr (enst.enst.fr [137.194.2.16]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA09366 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 14:48:03 +0100 (MET) Received: from email.enst.fr (muse.enst.fr [137.194.2.33]) by enst.enst.fr (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA25459 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 14:47:58 +0100 (MET) Received: from pascal.enst.fr (pascal.enst.fr [137.194.34.103]) by email.enst.fr (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA27643 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 14:47:58 +0100 (MET) Received: from localhost (debourse@localhost) by pascal.enst.fr (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA17609 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 1999 14:47:56 +0100 (MET) Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 14:47:56 +0100 (MET) From: Benoit de Boursetty Reply-To: Benoit.de-Boursetty@polytechnique.org cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: Saving the state of the program ? In-Reply-To: <199911191401.JAA06737@sarg.Ryerson.CA> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Sender: weis On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Dave Mason wrote: > > 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. Thanks for the info. However, my question was about executables in the general case... Beno=EEt de Boursetty