Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 31 Oct 1996 19:00:40 -0500 (EST) | From | Dan Merillat <> | Subject | Re: CORE dumps... |
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On Sun, 27 Oct 1996, Riccardo Facchetti wrote:
> Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 18:27:22 +0100 (MET) > From: Riccardo Facchetti <fizban@mbox.vol.it> > To: DPD <dpd@asan.com> > Cc: linux-kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu> > Subject: Re: CORE dumps... > > On Sun, 27 Oct 1996, DPD wrote: > > > > > Hello there! > > > > Can some one help find out more about the "core" files I have on my > > system...... > > > > I would appreciate some pointers as to where I can read more about > > where they come from, how they are created, etc... > > > > Thanks! > > > > Dom > > > > Usually doing a 'strings core' you can find out what program is dumping > core. Then, to find out something more, I suggest a 'strace program', just > to see what's happening. If you need to fix the problem and the problem > is into the program, you have to download the sources and debug it by > hand.
Speaking of which: where (besides fs/binfmt_elf.c) can I find out the structure of the core file on disk? (Actually, where is the structure defined?) I was trying to write an /etc/magic rule to get more information out of the coredump.
--Dan
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