core.1 (886B)
1 .TH CORE 1 2 .SH NAME 3 core \- print information about dead processes 4 .SH SYNOPSIS 5 .B core 6 [ 7 .I dir 8 | 9 .I corefile 10 ]... 11 .SH DESCRIPTION 12 .I Core 13 prints information about dead processes that have 14 been saved as core dumps. 15 .PP 16 Core reads its arguments in order. 17 If a directory is encountered, 18 .I core 19 reads every core file named 20 .B core.* 21 or 22 .B *.core 23 in that directory. 24 .PP 25 For each core file read, 26 .I core 27 prints the command 28 .B stack 29 .IR file , 30 the date and time the core was generated, 31 and 32 the command that generated it. 33 The 34 .B stack 35 command, if run, prints a stack trace of the 36 executing thread at the time of the core dump; 37 see 38 .MR db (1) . 39 .PP 40 If no arguments are given, 41 .I core 42 searches the directory 43 .B $COREDIR 44 for core files; 45 if 46 .B $COREDIR 47 is not set, 48 .I core 49 searches the current directory. 50 .SH SOURCE 51 .B \*9/src/cmd/core.c 52 .SH "SEE ALSO 53 .MR acid (1) , 54 .MR db (1) , 55 .MR core (5)