Re: core issues

[Jaka Mocnik <jaka activetools si>]

Lee Johnson wrote:
> 
> okay i understand that to get to bottom of core issues ( the application
> causing grief? ) i need to focus on core file
> and trace to application and write author blah blah....okay fine but how
> do i read the darn  core file? :)
> 
run 

gdb <application-that-coredumped>

the when gdb presents you with its prompt, tell it:

core <core-file>
bt

which will print out stack backtrace in the moment the app crashed and
you will be able to see where in the code things went wrong.

regards,
	jaKa

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