On Sun, 29 Mar 1998, Fred Smith wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 29, 1998 at 10:02:21PM +1000, Mark Rogers wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> >  How do I get some useful info from the core dump file (core)??
> > E.g What program caused it?
> 
>       Strings core | less
> 
> and near the top you should find the program name.
> 
> for more detail, assuming the program has not been stripped, you can
> do:
> 
>       gdb program -c core
> 

You can also try 'size core' which will give you info about what program
created the core and when it occured.

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