> 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