Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 20 Jul 1996 15:05:54 -0600 (CST) | From | Aaron Ucko <> | Subject | Re: magic file entry to understand core dumps |
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>>JM> core: ELF 32-bit LSB core file i386 (386 and up) Version 1 >> >>He wanted an addition to the magic file to show the program which >>dumped core, as the a.out entry does. However, a quick check shows >>that it isn't a simple offset... anyone have better knowledge of the >>format? >> >> > >Like I said, a cheesy program would be worthwhile...gdb does it, but you >first have to know the program which cored for gdb to spit out the command >line..
I normally just use "strings core" and look for the probable executable name...not ideal, but it works.
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