man: clarify that coredumps are gc'd after 3 days

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AJ Jordan 2020-12-14 15:35:43 -08:00 committed by Lennart Poettering
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<para>By default, <command>systemd-coredump</command> will log the core dump including a backtrace
if possible to the journal and store the core dump itself in an external file in
<filename>/var/lib/systemd/coredump</filename>.</para>
<filename>/var/lib/systemd/coredump</filename>. These core dumps are deleted after a few days by
default; see <filename>/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf</filename> for details.</para>
<para>The behavior of a specific program upon reception of a signal is governed by a few
factors which are described in detail in
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<para>Resources used by core dump files are restricted in two ways. Parameters like maximum size of acquired
core dumps and files can be set in files <filename>/etc/systemd/coredump.conf</filename> and snippets mentioned
above. In addition the storage time of core dump files is restricted by <command>systemd-tmpfiles</command>,
corresponding settings are by default in <filename>/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf</filename>.</para>
corresponding settings are by default in <filename>/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf</filename>. The default is
to delete core dumps after a few days; see the above file for details.</para>
<refsect2>
<title>Disabling coredump processing</title>