Hi, What are coredumps? What are the files like core.36544 good for? thanks, Bill

Bill: A core file is an image that the Unix OS writes out when certain signals are received. Generally, it's a sign of a program terminating abnormally. I'd do a 'man core' for your particular system. The easiest way of creating a core file at least on my Solaris 7 and Red Hat 7.1 boxes: #include void main() { long intx=666; /* stupidly, print a long as a string */ printf("%s\n", intx); } Unless you are a system programmer type good at reading core files, they're not much use. Regards, Nails

type in strings core it will give the content of the core file in a readable format.. sometimes it helps to debug the actual reason for the coredump.. u can troubleshoot ....

Thanks! That information is helpful. This webiste is pretty useful. Glad to see something like this up. Bill