[SunHELP] Core file

[Will Mc Donald]

It's always worth running the 'file' command on the core to see what
generated it.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Stokes" <peter at ashlyn.co.uk>

> Hi Sergio
>
> core files are produced when a program crashes and the system cleans up by
> saving the crashed program in a file called 'core' in the current
directory.
> Usually simply delete them unless you have someone who can make sense of
the
> crash.
>
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org]On
>
> Could you please tell me what a core file means???
>
> Thanks,
>
> Srgio
>