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Re: strange "core" file in my home directory
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James Ervin)
Tue Dec 1 16:21:08 1998
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 16:19:01 -0500
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From: James Ervin <james@kites.org>
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An application that you were running dumped core, you have a copy of it in
your home dir. You could analyze it to see why the application died or you
could just delete it. A common cause of cores in home dirs is getting an X
server configured and running (at least I dump cores a few times when I do
an X server setup as I push the equipment past the edge then back off just
a bit....)
At 04:01 PM 12/1/98 -0500, you 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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James Ervin
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