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"Graham Bentley" <admin@cpcnw.co.uk> writes:

>> You can generate a crash dump of
>> the program, and (you or someone else) can use a debugger to see where
>> it was when it failed -- usually a strong hint.
>
> Is that what a core dump is?

I actually meant core dump.  "Crash dump" slipped into my brain from a
somewhat different concept, on a different OS, that I am dealing with
at work.  Sorry.

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Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
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