Re: Core files

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Aciel wrote:
> I've got about 9 core files in my home directory. core, core.1292,
> core.1531, core.1816, etc. What are they for? They're taking up huge
> amounts of space. Can I delete them?

Core files are images of programs that died abnormally.  If you want
to know what program generated them, try "gdb -c corefilename".

Yes, you can delete them.  Unless you want to debug the application
that caused them.  In that case, you use them during the debug
phase to see where it died.
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