on Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 08:39:53PM -0400, Gregory Seidman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 02:34:59AM +0200, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > } I just got home a couple of hours ago, and when I logged in and started > } mucking around I noticed a 36MB binary file called core.11377 with a time > } stamp of about seven hours ago. I was home at lunch and working on the > } computer, so it is possible that it occured then, but I don't remember > } any strange behavior. How do I find out what process was 11377, and how > } do I examine the contents of the file? > > file core.11377 > > You examine the contents with gdb.
...if you're interested in dissecting your dead applications' memory space. This is of interest to developers and dates to a time when all Unix (or later, all GNU/Linux) "users" were also developers. If not, you can use ulimit to set corefile size to zero (ulimit is a bash builtin): ulimit -c 0 'man bash' for more information. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? "This must be Thursday," said Arthur musing to himself, sinking low over his beer, "I never could get the hang of Thursdays." -- HHGTG
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