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

[ABClf]

Thank you Petko for the explanation.
Indeed, failing processes do happen sometimes.
Le ven. 16 nov. 2018 à 20:39, Petko Yotov <5ko at 5ko.fr> a écrit :
>
> 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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