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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: undump program
To: hlew@genome.Stanford.EDU (Howard Lew)
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 12:45:54 -0700 (MST)
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> Hey guys!
> 
> Is there an "undump" program to turn a core dump into an executable binary?

It would be trivial to write.

Why do you want an executable binary whose first act will be to core
dump again?  Can't you just copy the core file to the new location?  8-).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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