Re: magic file entry to understand core dumps

Marty Leisner (leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com)
Thu, 18 Jul 1996 15:45:20 PDT


In message <199607182223.RAA03932@hubert.wustl.edu>, you write:
>>>>>> "JM" == Jared Mauch <jared@wolverine.hq.cic.net> writes:
>
>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..

Is this a generic elf problem?

marty