Turn on core/crash dumps programmatically
I found a working solution. The core files are now being created.
struct rlimit core_limit;
core_limit.rlim_cur = RLIM_INFINITY;
core_limit.rlim_max = RLIM_INFINITY;
if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &core_limit) < 0)
fprintf(stderr, "setrlimit: %s\nWarning: core dumps may be truncated or non-existant\n", strerror(errno));
Credit goes here: http://adamrosenfield.com/blog/2010/04/23/dumping-core/
if you want to check your current limit for your process than
struct rlimit v; //you can decelare any variable
getrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &v);
printf("softlimit=%d hardlimit=%d \n",v.rlim_cur,v.rlim_max);
if you want to set new limit than use below code
///////////////////// set limit //////////////////////////////
lets make it simple
struct rlimit v;
v.rlim_cur = 0 ; //if you do not want the core dump file
/* v.rlim_cur=RLIM_INFINITY; //set maximum soft limit of the file(unlimited) */
v.rlim_max = RLIM_INFINITY; //for reference to the soft limit(unlimited)
setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &v);
A value of rlim_cur
is between 0 and infinity means that core dumps will be generated and truncated to the specified size. This risks creating an incomplete core dump