Find and Delete Core Dumps using PHP and Shell
Linux sometimes dumps a huge file when a script crashes. These core files can build up and eat away valuable disk space. Some other methods of deleting core files will damage your server. Here are a few simple commands I use to find and delete these core dump files safely. Deleting files on Linux can be dangerous – one wrong character can destroy important files. I read a few other methods of removing core files that will potentially delete important files while leaving the core dumps on disk. Do not use these methods. The problem is that they are looking for files named "core" with no extension. If you do this you're just trashing system files and leaving the dump files behind. Linux core dump file names look like "core. 4324 " – they have a four digit number as the extension. If your system has a different core dump format you'll need to adjust these commands. We need a reliable way to find these files and only these files. We will need to find file nam...
