Re: [newbie] Re: newbie Core Dump

[John Aldrich]

On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> What is a core dump??? and why do you get them???
>
Core dump is a memory dump of a crashed program. Instead of a "blue
screen of death" like you get with Microsoft, you get a "core dump"
when a program fails. Also, the nice thing about Linux is that the
PROGRAM fails, not the Operating System. :-)
        John