RE: Core-file

[jason whizzird net]

core = core dump. (probably got it's name from what reactors do when they
meltdown).
that's what is left behind from a program crashing. they're safe to delete.
they contain the memory of an app as it dies. 

useful command for root: "find / -name core | xargs rm -i

finds all core files and prompts you to delete them.

On 28-Jun-99 zeke scribbled:
> Hi!
> I wonder about this core file that pop-up all over my system. I stumbled
> across it in 3 folders that it hasenīt been in before, so I scaned my
> system an found 12 core-files including 1 on my windows disk where I hade
> some files that I used.
> What does it do and can I delete some of them?
> Zeke
> 
> 
> 
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