plan9port/man/man1/core.1
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.TH CORE 1
.SH NAME
core \- print information about dead processes
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B core
[
.I dir
|
.I corefile
]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Core
prints information about dead processes that have
been saved as core dumps.
.PP
Core reads its arguments in order.
If a directory is encountered,
.I core
reads every core file named
.B core.*
or
.B *.core
in that directory.
.PP
For each core file read,
.I core
prints the date and time the core was generated,
the command that generated it, and a short stack trace
at the time of the core dump.
.PP
If no arguments are given,
.I core
searches the directory
.B $COREDIR
for core files;
if
.B $COREDIR
is not set,
.I core
searches the current directory.
.SH SOURCE
.B \*9/src/cmd/core.c
.SH "SEE ALSO
.IR acid (1),
.IR db (1),
.IR core (5)
.SH BUGS
.I Core
has not been written.