Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: magic file entry to understand core dumps | Date | Thu, 18 Jul 1996 17:23:34 -0500 | From | Alan Shutko <> |
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>>>>> "JM" == Jared Mauch <jared@wolverine.hq.cic.net> writes:
JM> core: ELF 32-bit LSB core file i386 (386 and up) Version 1
He wanted an addition to the magic file to show the program which dumped core, as the a.out entry does. However, a quick check shows that it isn't a simple offset... anyone have better knowledge of the format?
JM> Marty Leisner graced my mailbox with this long sought knowledge: >> Does anyone have a magic line to correctly decode a linux elf core >> dump? >> >> I looked in gdb but got pretty confused...(but it seems to >> understand the core file). >> >> It would be worthwhile to write a cheezy program to print the >> command name of the core dump if file can't do it... >> >> marty leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com Member of the League for >> Programming Freedom (http://www.lpf.org) Any sufficiently advanced >> technology is indistinguishable from magic Arthur C. Clarke, The >> Lost Worlds of 2001 >>
-- Alan Shutko <ats@hubert.wustl.edu> - The Few, the Proud, the Remaining. DM Advice: Maps on the table have a tendency to attract soda.
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