On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Anders Linden wrote:
>> 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
>> Gary mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>A core file is (If I´m not mistaking) a file leaved by a program when it
>crashes.
>Think it´s supposed to be helpfull for programmers trying to find out what
>happened to the program that crashed.
Indeed. It is a memory dump of a crashed program. This is only
(afaik) generated by Gnome-oriented programs. I have once heard of a
setting somewhere that prevents these large files from being written, but
alas, I have no idea where I left it...
Paul
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