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From: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>
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Subject: core
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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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