Re: Question re: core dump...

[Steven Morrill <smorrill@oro.net>]

Alan Su wrote:

> Steven Morrill wrote (Sat, 24 Jan 1998 19:01:09 -0800 ):
> |>Hello all,
> |>
> |>    I have a couple of questions...   What is it exactly a "core dump"?
> |>And what should I do if I have one? Is there a certain cleanup or repair
> |>process I need to go thru?
> |>
>
> A core dump just indicates that a process has terminated abnormally,
> and as a result has stored an image of the memory as a disk file.  The
> purpose of this is so that if you want, you can load the core file
> into a debugger and figure out where it crashed.
>
> As far as cleanup goes, you should probably remove any core files that
> you have, as they generally take up lots of space.  No other cleanup
> process needs to be performed...
>
> hope that helps.
>
> -alan

  Thank you!!


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