.TH CORE 5 .SH NAMEcore \- format of core image file.SH DESCRIPTIONUNIXwrites out a core image of a terminatedprocess when any of various errors occur.See.IR signal (2)for the list of reasons;the most common are memory violations, illegalinstructions, bus errors, and user-generatedquit signals.The core image is called `core' and is written in the process'sworking directory (provided it can be; normalaccess controls apply)..PPThe first 1024 bytes of the core imageare a copy of the system's per-userdata for the process, including the registersas they were at the time of the fault;see the system listings for the format of this area.Theremainder represents the actual contents ofthe user's core area when the core imagewas written.If the text segmentis write-protected and shared,it is not dumped; otherwise the entireaddress space is dumped..PPIn general the debugger.IR adb (1)is sufficient to deal with core images..SH "SEE ALSO"adb(1), signal(2)