Re: core dumps

[Bob McGowan <bob_mcgowan@symantec.com>]

Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote:
> Cédric Lucantis writes:
>
> > Hi,
> > I'd like to know how to find which program produced a particular core dump 
> > file, any idea?
>
> ,----
> | (debian-unstable)jtocancipa@golem:~$ ulimit -c unlimited
> | 
> | (debian-unstable)jtocancipa@golem:~$ echo "
> | #include <stdio.h>
> | 
> | int main ()
> | {
> |   char * foo = 0;
> |   *foo = 'bar';
> | 
> |   return 0;
> | }
> | 
> | " | gcc -xc -o baz -
> | 
> | (debian-unstable)jtocancipa@golem:~$ ./baz 
> | Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> | 
> | (debian-unstable)jtocancipa@golem:~$ gdb -batch -c ./core | grep -i generated
> | Core was generated by `./baz'.
> `----
>
> HTH,

May I suggest using the 'file' command?

$ baz
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
$ ls
baz  core
$ file core
core: ELF 32-bit LSB core file Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), 
SVR4-style, from 'baz'

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