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Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 18:42:39 -0400
To: Steve <shovey@buffnet.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
From: Paul Wilson <prw@bestweb.net>
Subject: Re: examining a core dump
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At 05:43 PM 5/22/97 -0400, Steve wrote:
>
>What utility is used for examining a core dump?  I would like to learn to
>do this to ease program debugging.
>
>Any direction pointing is appreciated!
>
>

One command is:

gdb whatever.core whatever program dumped core. 

e.g. gdb pine.core pine

Paul