"Sherman, Paul (CEOSH)" wrote: > > Ted Spradley wrote: > > > I looked in root for all files; outside of "core", > > I bet that's a big one, and it's of no value to you. Remove it. > > Thanks for the info on "core". It is, by far, the largest file in the > root directory. It will disappear - any clue as to what it is?
When a program crashes it (sometimes) leaves a copy of it's memory state in a file, for debugging. "file core" might tell you which program crashed. Some systems generate a name like netscape.core or enlightenment.core to provide a clue, and so that the first core file doesn't get clobbered when a second program crashes. The name "core" is a paleontological artifact from the days when computer memories were made of tiny magnetic doughnuts which were (for reasons unknown to me) called cores, and by extension "core" became a single-syllable synonym for memory. > I did basically what you indicated over the weekend. I hope I don't sound condescending. It's hard to know from a few emails how much prior knowledge to assume. -- Remember, more computing power was thrown away last week than existed in the world in 1982. -- http://www.tom.womack.net/computing/prices.html _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
