. Just delete it.
Bryan
"David Cole" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 01/26/2000 06:20:36 PM
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Subject: [newbie] help( i may have a virus in linux)
I foun
I found a file in the root directory called core. its icon is round yellow
with eyes and a tong sticking out. it was in the root dir. then it showed up
on a disk I have used in linux.
Dont worry it is not a virus!!
it is a dump file from a program that abnormaly aborted during its
execution (aka segv or segmetaion fault) you can delete them without any
harm to the system
On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, David Cole wrote:
I found a file in the root directory called core. its icon is
Not a virus, when a linux program crashes for some reason it leaves the
core file, which in simple terms is a dump of all memory surrounding the
program. This is usefull in debugging.
When I am developing linux software I have those all over my system. Don't
worry about it and just delete it.
I
Nope I have it too. Arent many virus's out there for Linux
On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, you wrote:
I found a file in the root directory called core. its icon is round yellow
with eyes and a tong sticking out. it was in the root dir. then it showed up
on a disk I have used in linux.
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"I haven't
On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, David Cole wrote:
I found a file in the root directory called core. its icon is round yellow
with eyes and a tong sticking out. it was in the root dir. then it showed up
on a disk I have used in linux.
Core is just the remains of a program that crashed. Nothing useful to
