CORE(5) - File Formats Manual

CORE(5) - File Formats Manual # CORE(5) - File Formats Manual NAME # core - memory image file format SYNOPSIS # #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/exec_elf.h> DESCRIPTION # A small number of signals which cause abnormal termination of a process also cause a record of the process’s in-core state to be written to disk for later examination by one of the available debuggers (see sigaction(2)). By default, this memory image is written to a file named programname. ...