Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Group, > > I found in my home directory a rather large size file, which was not > there previously, called "core," and the graphic of the file looks > like a bomb, with a fuse, no joke. I could not find any info or > documentation on this thing. Is it safe to delete? Just exactly > what is it. > > -- > > Best regards, > Gary mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ==================================== Hi Gary, A "core" file is a file created by a program that has crashed. It is meant to allow someone who knows what they're really doing (I don't ;o) ) to figure out what went wrong. If you don't know what one is, I doubt there's much in there that'll mean much to you. You can just delete it if you'd like. It won't f%$#@ up anything. Mike ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." --Tom Waits ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
