kcore is a file representation of your system memory. It is not taking
up any space on your hard drive, and unless you are a programmer you
need not worry about it.
On Thu, 2002-08-08 at 14:53, JVergara@equinox.com wrote:
>
> Hi. I am using IceWM as Linux windows manager, but sometimes a file
> called /proc/kcore is created
> and it grows pretty fat. When trying to delete it ,the systems says
> that I can not unlink it because the
> operation is not permitted.
>
> Does somebody know how this file is being created and what is its use?
> I'd like to get rid of the file without having to kill my X session.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Juan Carlos Vergara
>
>
-- Ryland Bingham Unix/Linux Specialist T3 Technologies, Inc.
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