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From: Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org>
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Hi Warner,

On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 09:44:59PM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> kill -ABRT
> 
> will generate a core file.
> 
> Often times, the core file can be quite useful in recovering the
> original executable.
> 
> emacs has used this technique for years to 'preload' stuff, take a
> core dump, then re-run the core file after some post-processing.

Do you have some pointers about this, please?

Thanks.  Regards,
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Jeremie Le Hen
< jeremie at le-hen dot org >< ttz at chchile dot org >