On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Harish wrote:
> Hi !
> What does the message "core dumped" mean ?
>
> Harish
In very simple terms, your program performed an invalid
operation, say access a memory region which it is not allowed to
access. The Unix kernel detected this 'tresspassing' and
immediately terminated your program (to prevent your program
from crashing other programs or even interfere with the functioning
of the OS). The dead body of your program is stored in a file called
'core'. This 'dead body' can be used to perform 'post-mortem' analysis
using tools like gdb to detect the cause of death.
pramode.
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