On Tue, 27 Sep 1994, Aaron J. Millis wrote:
>
> Someone please explain something to me.
>
> Core, what is this file, do I need to keep it?
>
> I have one that is 10 meg . . .its a bit bulky . . . and I don't remember it
> being this big . . .
I will indeed bite my tongue.. and not flame you into a gaseous form....
The core is the most important tool you will ever use in debugging your
mud. The 'core' file when read with a good debugger software. gdb, dbx
are the most commonly used. Read the man pages on one of the two listed
above.
When the mud crashes.. the core is 'dumped' to disk. The file is a
binary image of what was in memory. Hence.. if you read that file you
can see where the problem was.. and hopefully, fix it.
if you use gdb or dbx.. cd into the /lib and type this..
gdb ../bin/circle core
you will get some copyright babble and then type
where
Let me know via email if you have problems.. It will save marble the work
of having to send personal mail to 120 people.
-b
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Brett M. Turner brett@marble.bu.edu
Yaz -- HexOnyx MUD -- marble.bu.edu 7777
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