On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:23 AM, McGraw, Robert P <[email protected]> wrote:
> In /tmp/amanda I see for the first time a file "core20100603" what is this 
> file?

It's a core file.  Depending on your OS configuration, it can be
created when a process is killed by a fatal error like a segfault.
They're usually not particularly helpful, but can be used locally with
a debugger to explore the state of the process just before it died.

Dustin

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