[102138] in RedHat Linux List
RE: strange "core" file in my home directory
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ed Lazor)
Tue Dec 1 16:11:28 1998
From: "Ed Lazor" <elazor@hcs.state.or.us>
To: <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 13:08:52 -0800
In-Reply-To: <EJN2995373028@rebus.com>
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The core file is created by the system when an application crashes.
It's used by developers for debugging when they are doing programming.
You can delete it safely.
-Ed
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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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