Core files means something crashed, a core file is the crash "log" for a Unix system.

Go ahead and delete it if you want ;)

Jesse Noller
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Macromedia Server Development
Unix/Linux "special guy" 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: VanderHart, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 10:12 AM
> To: CF-Linux
> Subject: Core file
> 
> I am running CF 5.0 on Apache 1.3.12.
> 
> There is a file named "core" in our coldfusion/log directory that is
> currently over 57 megabytes in size.  What is the purpose of this file and
> can it be safely deleted on a regular basis?
> 
> 
> Robert J. Vander Hart
> Electronic Resources Librarian
> The Lamar Soutter Library
> University of Massachusetts Medical School
> 55 Lake Avenue N
> Worcester  MA  01655
> 
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