diff --git a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/private_modules.md b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/private_modules.md index 746114d5c4068efae61b53bf609658fb93baaac1..8ef143da8c81254f9fae5092d4b939cc44d8bb21 100644 --- a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/private_modules.md +++ b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/private_modules.md @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ An automated backup system provides security for the `/home` directories on the basis. This is the reason why we urge users to store (large) temporary data (like checkpoint files) on the `/scratch` filesystem or at local scratch disks. -This also why, we have set `ulimit -c 0` as a default setting to prevent users from filling the +This is also why, we have set `ulimit -c 0` as a default setting to prevent users from filling the `/home` directories with the dump of crashed programs. In particular, `ulimit -c 0` sets the core file size (blocks) to 0, which disables creation of core dumbs in case an application crashes.