hs_err_pid log files

Question

Hello, 
 On occasion, when SDL KC synchronizes the DTD and XSD files, we'll get a synch error on a file that appears to be generated. The filename format is hs_err_pid nnnn .log. The file is not in my repository, and it doesn't seem to get generated for all users. Have you encountered this error, and do any of you know how this file is getting generated? I'm trying to determine if this is something unique to our environment or is a commonly generated file. 
 Thanks, 
 Bill Burns

Raf Snijders · Accepted Answer

Hi Bill, 
 
A quick google action on hs_err_pid log file reveals that this type of file most typically is a JAVA crash log file. So I guess this file might have been added to any of the DTD subfolders by DITA-OT which crashed. 
 
I is not commonly seen in our setups and as far as I'm aware the file (or any of this type) should be available in the DTD location. 
So I guess it is something unique for your environment and it might have been introduced by some error-prone calls to a Java process (eg. DITA-OT) reusing the catalog location. 
 
Kind Regards, 
 
Raf

Bill Burns · Answer

Thanks, Raf. In this instance, the DITA-OT doesn't access the DTDs in this location, so I'll look for another cause. Thanks for the tip. I suspected it was something unique to our environment.

Raf Snijders · Answer

Another suspect (from within our environment - KC) might be the Indexer as this is also based upon Java. You might want to check this service as well on the machine in question. 
OOTB we do not have any other components using Java (as far as I'm aware)

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