core(4) DG/UX R4.11MU05 core(4)
NAME
core - a core image file
DESCRIPTION
The system writes out a core image of a terminated process when any
of several exceptions occur. The system acknowledges an exception by
generating a signal for the process that encountered the exception.
If the signal is ignored or not handled, it causes the process to
terminate and dump core. See the header file sys/signal.h(2) for a
list of the signals that terminate the receiving process and cause
core files to be produced.
The core image is called core and is written, if possible, in the
process's working directory; normal access controls apply. A process
with an effective user id different from the real user id will not
produce a core image.
You can read a core file with one of the supplied debugging tools:
mxdb or dbx. See the man pages of these tools for more information
on core file debugging.
SEE ALSO
mxdb(1), dbx(1), setuid(2), crash(1M).
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