1 .TH CORE 1
2 .SH NAME
3 core \- print information about dead processes
4 .SH SYNOPSIS
5 .B core
6 [
7 .I dir
8 |
9 .I corefile
10 ]...
11 .SH DESCRIPTION
12 .I Core
13 prints information about dead processes that have
14 been saved as core dumps.
15 .PP
16 Core reads its arguments in order.
17 If a directory is encountered,
18 .I core
19 reads every core file named
20 .B core.*
21 or
22 .B *.core
23 in that directory.
24 .PP
25 For each core file read,
26 .I core
27 prints the date and time the core was generated,
28 the command that generated it, and a short stack trace
29 at the time of the core dump.
30 .PP
31 If no arguments are given,
32 .I core
33 searches the directory
34 .B $COREDIR
35 for core files;
36 if
37 .B $COREDIR
38 is not set, 
39 .I core
40 searches the current directory.
41 .SH SOURCE
42 .B /usr/local/plan9/src/cmd/core.c
43 .SH "SEE ALSO
44 .IR acid (1),
45 .IR db (1),
46 .IR core (5)