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Re: strange "core" file in my home directory
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Darren Greer)
Tue Dec 1 16:09:26 1998
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 15:04:05 -0600
From: Darren Greer <drgreer@QTIWORLD.COM>
In-reply-to: <EJN2995373028@rebus.com>
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A core file can often occur from an abnormally terminated program. For the most part these core files are safely deleted, but being rather new to linux myself, I would be interested to hear what some of the gurus have to say about these. Thanks,
DrGreer
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On 12/1/98, at 4:01 PM, Carney Mimms wrote:
>I know this is a seriously newbie kind of question, but I am puzzled by
>the sudden appearance of a file in my home directory (/home/carneym) on
>my otherwise perfectly happy RedHat 5.1 system. The listing is:
>
>-rw------ 1 carneym carneym 11403264 Nov 24 06:41 core
>
>I guess I can spare the 11MB, but the file kinda spooks me.
>
>Can anybody shed a little light on this probably not-so-mysterious "core"
>file.
>
>--Carney Mimms
>--Rebus, Inc.
>
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