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Date:      Sun, 24 May 1998 20:29:31 +0300 (EET DST)
From:      Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   core
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.3.96.980524202551.5732C-100000@avrasya.ispro.net.tr>

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hello
maybe this is a real stupid qustion,
sometimes programs quit with an error message like

error
writing core

and they create a file with programname.core
what can I do with that .core file?

what is the purpose of it? why do programs create 
that file instead of just exiting?

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