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Question
Which process is responsible for a core dump?
Answer
Typically, when an application generates a core dump, the resulting Linux core dump file can reveal the process responsible for the dump. You can use the Linux file command to determine the name of that process--it is the last information reported by the file output. For example:
[nz@cs-spubox6 ~]$ file core.20090630_155105.20976
core.20090630_155105.20976: ELF 32-bit LSB core file Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), SVR4-style, from 'dbos'
[nz@cs-spubox6 ~]$
In the example above, dbos is the process responsible for dumping the core.
For information on doing a backtrace for core file analysis, refer to one of the related documents below.
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