[pmwiki-users] Have found files named : core.XXX

[Petko Yotov]

These are core dumps, when the PHP process has crashed.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_dump

It sometimes happens when a search returns far too many results and the 
process runs out of time or out of memory (on a shared hosting plan a 
lack of memory or CPU time may happen because of someone other than 
you).

If you don't have hundreds of these per day you can delete them.

Petko

On 15/11/2018 19:16, ABClf wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Checking my website on ftp, I discovered a few unexpected files named :
> core.17422
> core.19723
> etc.
> (5 files as of now).
> 
> File size is quite big : around 18 mo each ; they look like binary
> files (selecting a file, when I click on edit, then I get a liste of
> numbers like that – 0000 0000 4000 3800 4401 0000 0000 0000 – instead
> of text).
> 
> Does anyone have any idea where these files come from ?
> Does pmwiki creates such kind of core.XXX files ?
> 
> Thank you !
> Gilles.
> 
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